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A TRADE union activist with nearly four decades in the Civil Service to his credit has won an employment tribunal (ET) case against the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
Nottingham ET concluded that the DVSA had displayed “an anti-union animus” in trying to stop Paul Williams from carrying out his activities for the PCS union.
Despite his vast experience, Mr Williams, a member of the PCS national executive, had applied unsuccessfully for 28 posts after he turned down voluntary redundancy when his department was reorganised.
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
In part II of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY explores how witch-hunting drives took hold in the Civil Service as the cold war emerged in the wake of WWII
Employment lawyer ALICE BOWMAN warns ‘day one rights’ include an undefined ‘initial period’ and the zero-hours contract fixes create baffling fixed-term loopholes. If the Bill doesn’t work properly and deliver, Labour is doomed
