The Law of Industrial Action and Trade Union Recognition

This is a completely rewritten new edition of the classic text, The Modern Law of Strikes, by a team of expert practitioners. It provides a unique and authoritative guide to trade union recognition and the issues involved with present-day industrial action. Industrial action has become more frequent in recent years, and this book sets out the law and procedures which employment practitioners need to be aware of. It includes full coverage of trade union recognition, social security, employment protection rights, deductions from pay, and the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on strikes and picketing. Relevant forms and precedents are also included.

Readership: Solicitors and barristers in private practice and in industry specializing in employment law; academics working in the fields of employment and labour law; trade unions and human resources departments; reference libraries in the UK.

Contents/contributors
1 Introduction
2 The Contract of Employment and Industrial Action
3 Liability for Strikes: The Economic Torts
4 The Trade Dispute Immunity
5 Secondary Action
6 Ballots
7 Statutory Restrictions
8 Action Less Than a Strike
9 Consumer Actions
10 Picketing/Criminal Law Offences
11 Inter Union Activities
12 Liability of Unions
13 Unfair Dismissal
14 Employment Protection Rights
15 Social Security
16 Injunctions (Restraining Orders)
17 Sit Ins
18 Committal
19 Sequestration
20 Damages
21 Deductions From Pay
22 Industrial Standards
23 Industrial Action Forms
24 Trade Union Recognition : the Application
25 Trade Union Recognition: Admissibility and the Bargaining Unit
26 Balloting
27 The Consequences of Recognition
28 Changes Affecting the Bargaining Unit
29 Part IV De-recognition
30 Victimization