Labour Court rejects union’s call for group negotiations at First National Bakery

The Labour Court declined to recommend that First National Bakery introduce group negotiations sought by the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union. The recommendation was dated 17 May 1993. The union wanted negotiations on issues common to the company’s constituent businesses. First National Bakery argued that those businesses were separate entities and should negotiate separately. The Court considered company-wide negotiations inappropriate at that stage of the group’s development.