UK Employment Law
Maybe, going on some of the posts above, the legal position on striking needs to be re-iterated:
If you strike you are in breach of your contract with your employer and thus you can be dismissed.
UK labour law allows a 12 week "protection" period, under an official and monitored, properly conducted, union ballot, where if your employer dismisses you during that period you can claim unfair dismissal and compensation, but no right to be re-employed.
Thats it...no more no less.
Your employer can legally sack you for being on strike - it just comes down to if its during the protection period he would have to pay compensation.....
Also, with the upcoming public sector cuts, anyone who beleives there will be any relaxation in labour law is living on Mars. We're not ruled by Labour now....
Last edited by harrypic; 29th Jun 2010 at 23:24.