Ucatt breached Trade Union Act in barring candidates

摘要

Construction's largest union Ucatt wrongly excluded two candidates from its leadership election in December 2011, unions watchdog the Certification Office (CO) has ruled. Ucatt breached the 1992 Trade Union and Labour Relations Act by barring its former general secretary Alan Ritchie and former regional officer Mick Dooley from the contest, the CO ruled. However, the watchdog has not ordered a re-run of the election on the grounds that Ritchie and Dooley are no longer members of the union.