(iii) The powers of the Registrar of Trade
(iv)
(v)
Unions which are said to be excessive and
becoming increasingly restrictive.
coming
The wide range of fines which could be
imposed on a trade union for various
offences under the Ordinance and the Bill.
The lack of legal protection for unregistered
combinations acting as a trade union for
the purposes of one dispute. (The original
proposal for registration of temporary
trade unions has been dropped from the Bill.
The deletion was originally welcomed by the
TUC who feared the provision for temporary
unions would lead to fragmentation of the
union).
3. The proposed amendments to the draft Bill meet all
three major objections to the Bill which have come to
us from various sources, i.e. removal of "offences
against public order"; removal of "obstruction"
offences under the picketing laws; and removal of
the provisions for temporary associations.
matters now being raised by the TUC are for the main
part matters that derive from the principal Ordinance,
which have been on the Statute Book for some years.
The
An exception is the TUC's complaint about the
removal of legal protection from the peaceful
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