WORKERS RIGHTS

Early day motion 455, tabled 15 March 2001 by Tony Benn (Labour). Signed by 47 members.

That this House is of the opinion that every worker should have the right to union membership for the protection of her occupational, social and economic rights, and not to be discriminated against on grounds of union membership or participation in union activities or using union services, to be a union representative and, if so, to have reasonable time off and not to be discriminated against, to be represented by the union, individually or collectively, on any work issue, to have the right to take industrial action to protect his or her or any other worker's occupational, social or economic interests without being in breach of contract, without threat of dismissal or discrimination and to picket any workplace relevant to the dispute.

Signatures by party: Labour 43, Labour/Co-operative 2, Plaid Cymru 2.