[Gllug] OT Freedom

[Jason Clifford]

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Dylan wrote:

> > My next question would be whether the company permits private emails for
> > other employees. If so it would seem to be a specific attempt to interfere
> > with union activities which is illegal under employment protection
> > legislation.
> 
> Indeed, but the employers are not required to facilitate the union's 
> activities either. 

If the employer permits the use of it's email facilities to employees for 
private purposes it is likely that it would be considered a discriminatory 
act based upon union membership/activity to forbid the kind of use 
mentioned in George's posting as I read it.

The point being not that the employer has a duty to facilitate union 
activity but that it is unlawful to refuse those same benefits to an 
employee on the basis of union affiliation. 

> My mother is a union rep, and she is provided an email account by the union 
> for this precise purpose. Still, she sees all the members she reps for on a 
> daily basis anyway.

Does her employer filter out any email messages from the unions email 
domain?

I read George's posting to indicate that something like this is happening.

Jason Clifford
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