Originally Posted by
ltn and beyond
Therefore i can therefore only assume one of the following:
1. Individuals were "guilty as charged".
2. Union misrepresented them in the process.
3. Individuals did not get any union help.
1. That is a possibility
2. You can fight as strong a case as you want, but the decision is the employers, even if a tribunal decides in favour of the employee. This is because the employer still does not have to reemploy.
3. Now I agree with you, in as much as going on strike as the first action in this dispute, removes the threat of industrial action to protect employees who have been dismissed unfairly, because of the dispute.