Labour Court Database __________________________________________________________________________________ File Number: CD89392 Case Number: LCR13164 Section / Act: S20(1) Parties: ALL-PRINT LIMITED - and - IRISH PRINT UNION |
Claim for Union recognition.
Recommendation:
4. The Court recommends that the Company meet the Union without
further delay and recognise the Union as the negotiating body on
behalf of those workers who are employees of the firm.
Division: Mr O'Connell Mr Shiel Mr O'Murchu
Text of Document__________________________________________________________________
CD89392 RECOMMENDATION NO. LCR13164
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACTS, 1946 TO 1976
SECTION 20(1)
PARTIES: ALL-PRINT LIMITED
and
IRISH PRINT UNION
SUBJECT:
1. Claim for Union recognition.
BACKGROUND:
2. On the 7th February, 1989 the Union wrote to the Company
stating that the five workers on the production staff had joined
the Union and requested a meeting to discuss Union recognition.
The Union did not receive a reply and again wrote to the
Company on the 28th February, 1989. Management replied to this
letter stating that one worker had left the Company but did not
address the request for a meeting. The Union made numerous
telephone calls to the Company without response. Efforts were
then made by the Union to refer the issue to the conciliation
service of the Labour Court however the Company failed to respond
to an invitation to attend a conciliation conference. The Company
wrote to the Union on 21st June, 1989 stating it was willing to
meet with the Union, but requested a delay for three weeks due to
pressure of business. The Union then referred the dispute to the
Labour Court under Section 20(1) of the Industrial Relations Act,
1969 and agreed to be bound by the Court's recommendation. A
Court hearing was held on the 22nd June, 1989. The Company did
not attend the hearing. Subsequent to the hearing the Court
issued a letter to the Company on 22nd June, 1989 stating that it
intended recommending that the Company recognise the Union but in
view of the Company's express intention to meet the Union the
recommendation was deferred. As no further progress was made
between the parties the Union requested the Court to issue its
recommendation.
UNION'S ARGUMENTS:
3. 1. The workers concerned were not members of any union when
they requested and were accepted into membership of this
Union. The wages paid to staff in the Company are not in
accordance with the Registered Agreement for the printing
industry in the Dublin area. There are also working
conditions that are not in line with that agreement and it
would be the Union's intention to negotiate these matters and
to bring them into line with the agreement.
2. The Union is a respected Union in the industry and is
affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. It conducts
its business in accordance with good industrial relations
standards and can find no valid reason why the Company should
withhold recognition.
RECOMMENDATION:
4. The Court recommends that the Company meet the Union without
further delay and recognise the Union as the negotiating body on
behalf of those workers who are employees of the firm.
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Signed on behalf of the Labour Court
John O'Connell
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21st January, 1991. Deputy Chairman
T.O'D./J.C.