eir contribution of the political fund. The Act also stated that pre strike ballots were required for unions not to be sued for civil action and damages.4. Employment Act 1988This Act was aimed of strengthening the rights of individual union members. Workers were allowed to take out court orders against unions if they were to take industrial action without a ballot. Unions were banned from disciplining members for refusing to support industrial action. After the Act a new commissioner was appointed to support and fund a union a union members court action against their unions.5. Employment Act 1990This Act removed all legal rights of the closed shops, and made it lawful for anyone not to be employed on accounts of any union status. It made nearly all forms of secondary action unlawful, and removed all immunity for unions to take action against an employee dismissed whilst takingunofficial industrial action. The Conservative government had many objections towards unions. The government fealt that their new policies towards a freer market clashed with everything that Trade Unions represented. The government saw Trade Unions as being too powerful in terms of pay, often attempting to pass that of international countries, thus, making it difficult to compete in an international market. There where threats of strike action when new more efficient methods had been put into place, this again was a problem as it continued to prevent Britain competing in a larger market. The government saw that Trade Unions were responsible for protecting practices which limited productivity. Due to the massive strikes of the 60s, 70s and 80s, the government saw their countries future as being in Competitive, efficient, non-unionised environments Industrial Relations of the future, by Poole Et al., 1984The government favoured companies, for example, IBM over ICI, and felt that non-unionised firms fitted better within their plans.The Public Sector was...
