[Gllug] OT Freedom

[Davies Sue]

The Union should have it's own legal representation, given the circumstances
they should be providing him with support both moral and practical.

I know  of individuals who have used Union legal representation to great
effect

Sue

-----Original Message-----
From: George Saxby [mailto:George.Saxby at racc.ac.uk]
Sent: 21 February 2003 09:03
To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Gllug] OT Freedom


Hi,
 Would like to thank all who have taken the time to reply,

 I have one last question :-

 Does any one know of a UK lawyer (law firm ) that specialises in this kind
of debacle?


George F. Saxby
    Systems Engineer
       I.T.S. Team

>>> jason at ukpost.com 20/02/2003 19:36:45 >>>
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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