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Unite hails ‘historic’ Supreme Court decision on union rights

UNITE has hailed a Supreme Court decision on union rights as a “historic” legal judgment after Britain’s highest court backed calls to oppose undermining collective bargaining. 

The union said that the outcome of its six-year case will affect union members across the country after Kostal Ltd, a car components manufacturer from Rotherham, sought to undermine union negotiations by offering unlawful inducements.

After Kostal and Unite signed a union recognition agreement, the next round of wage negotiations in October 2015 resulted in a formal union ballot of members in which 80 per cent voted against the offer. 

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