ABBEY NATIONAL

Early day motion 1490, tabled 30 June 1998 by Chris Leslie (Labour). Signed by 40 members.

That this House welcomes the proposal in the Government White Paper, Fairness at Work, to provide a legal right for employees to be accompanied by a trade union representative of their choice during grievance and disciplinary procedures; notes that Abbey National plc continues to refuse to recognise the Banking Insurance and Finance Union and denies individual representation rights to the union's members; and calls upon Abbey National to co-operate with the Banking Insurance and Finance Union and to grant its employees who are members the right to be represented by a representative or official of the union in all grievance and disciplinary hearings.

Signatures by party: Labour 34, Labour/Co-operative 3, Liberal Democrat 3.