Already happening.
Besides there are loads of electricians here who are not in unions and would have little interest in joining one.
...if members of this union do pass a picket ,the union can withdraw their membership,which means they will not be able to work anywhere!!Without this "card" they cannot be employed.
Already happening.
This compulsory union card thing confuses me. As the union(s) are exclusively irish in origin and representation, then how can foreign company employees be members? If they can't and so can't work here as a result of this rule, then that's a barrier to free trade. It wouldn't be legal. Or is it a general rule that they can be a member of any union?
I can't see how it would be legal to prevent someone from joining a union just because they are not Irish, but was there not a story on the news a few months back where a non-irish taxi driver was refused to join their union and the rep actually said on the news it was because he was a non-national?
I would imagine that a union workers only agreement is illegal. Workers are free to join or not join a union - its their choice. You cannot refuse someone a job because they are or are not a union member.
The reason for this and I think it should the public domain,is that if members of this union do pass a picket ,the union can withdraw their membership,which means they will not be able to work anywhere!!Without this "card" they cannot be employed.
Not so, if this is true...
It was always clear to me that we are becoming more and more like the good old USSR but what is this now, if you are not a party member (or rather union member) you cannot get a job?
Could you maybe point me to where I can read up on this?
You can read the entire REA which is at the heart of this dispute [broken link removed].
Union membership is compulsory under Rule 8 for members of the two employer bodies.
However since the agreement applies to all contracting electricians the union has argued that it is in fact compulsory for all employers.
Funny you mention the USSR; for many years the ETU was outside the TUC inthe UK because of its communist leanings. One of the ETU shop stewards in my first job in the '60s used to go to Russia every year for training.
This incredible, 2 employer groups agreeing that they will only employ union members for sure that must be in breach of some EU rule. Employers discriminating on the basis that one does not want to be part of a political organisation (and a union is nothing else).All foremen, chargehands, and electricians employed by the ECA and the AECI hereafter called the employer bodies shall be or become members of the TEEU hereafter called the Union and must hold current union cards.
It's OK for unions to operate restrictive practices but not anyone else.
No employer would ever voluntarily enter into such an arrangement. This only happened because of pressure/bullying/intimidation by the unions.It's the employers who impose the condition on staff they recruit (albeit at the request of the union).
Absolutely. Two wrongs don’t make a right. By the way the legal and medical representative bodies are trade unions (and so, ironically, is IBEC).Do you think that the so-called "higher professions" do not operate restrictive practices?
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