Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether restrictions are placed on departmental trade unions in respect of recruiting staff to join a trade union.
The Department for Transport’s induction pack for new entrants includes the wording:
“The department encourages you to join an officially recognised Trade Union and to play an active part within it to ensure your views are represented. It is, of course a personal decision whether or not you do join a Trade Union.”
When a trade union is actively in dispute with the Department and taking or preparing for industrial action, the Department may choose not to extend departmental facilities to the union for recruitment and other activities aimed at promoting or preparing for the industrial action.