The dark side of yellow unions - Labour and employment law

Due to lack of consent by the only trade union established at the workplace, an employer could not amend the workplace pay rules. But some of the staff supported the changes proposed by the employer. A potential solution would be to create another, competing trade union at the workplace. Then, the two unions’ failure to agree on a joint position would allow the employer to introduce the changes unilaterally. But would an employee organisation sympathetic to the employer be regarded as a bone fide union?

Agnieszka Lisiecka, Dr Marcin Wujczyk