INCRIMINATED OFFICER OF CONSOLIDATED DYEING AND FABRICS LTD. TO BE PROSECUTED UNDER SECTION 31 OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT.

In the case concerning the incrimination of a cadre of Consolidated Dyeing & Fabrics Ltd. by an employee of this company, and pertaining to alleged threats on the part of the cadre to the employee so that the latter withdraws from his trade union, the Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment is conferring with the State Law Office over the prosecution of the incriminated cadre.

Minster Jean-François Chaumière has taken the decision to prosecute under Section 31 of the Employment Relations Act as follows :

31. Protection against discrimination and victimisation
(1) No person shall –
(a) require another person –
(i) seeking employment not to join a trade union of his own choice;
(ii) to give up membership of a trade union.