Unite appeal against industrial action injunction succeeds

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Unite the Union unanimously won its appeal at the Supreme Court on 6 March 2024, overturning an injunction against industrial action.

The court ruled the High Court was wrong to restrain the union’s members, finding the 1990 Industrial Relations Act barred such injunctions when its procedures were followed. The dispute concerned a travel allowance sought by mechanical workers employed by Jones Engineering.

The injunction had previously been discharged, and a separate court ruling had quashed the relevant Sectoral Employment Order. The Supreme Court said the appeal would return for final orders later that month.