The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), the state body that adjudicates upon claims from unions for statutory union recognition, has published its 2013-2014 annual report. It shows that applications have fallen considerably compared to the previous two years.
After an increase in the number of applications for union recognition for two years running (54 in 2012-2013 and 43 in 2011-2012), the number fell to just 30 in 2013-2014 (c.f. article No. 100784). However, the CAC’s Chairman, Sir Michael Burton, wrote in the report: ‘I am not convinced that this tells us anything about the employment relations climate as, since 2000, I have always found myself reporting peaks and troughs. The number of applications is the same as it had been in 2010-11, after
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