By December 1 the major provisions of the Tebbit law will be in force. Solidarity
Socialist Organiser1982 1982-11-25Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 8 →
Read from the scan by machine and not corrected: expect misread words, and now and then a caption or a line from a neighbouring story. For anything you quote, read the scan.
Scan page 8
strikes, or blacking, strikes defined by judges as political, or flying or secondary pickets, will open trade unionists to coul action. Union funds can be seized by the courts. From Tebbit provisions on closed shops?
Quite simply, to stop the spread of union membership. and weaken existing closed shops -*by making it worthwhile for anti-unionists to come out from under their stones;
*by making employers think twice before they sack non-unionists, because of the penalties involved;
*anü by making. union representatives hesitant to defend 100%, membership, because legal action may ensue, If the closed shop is weakened so is union mem*Workers striking because they are not prepared to work with nonunionists.
What does Tebbit say about our right to strike? 20900