Scottish Stamping

EDM number 792 in 1993-94, proposed by Brian H Donohoe on 09/03/1994.

That this House expresses its dismay at the conduct of the management at the Neptune works of Scottish Stamping in Ayr in refusing to re-instate four workers, Denis MacIntosh, James Clark, Alexander Whiteside and William Reid, in accordance with a decision of an industrial tribunal which concluded that they had been unfairly dismissed by the company; notes that Scottish Stamping is owned by United Engineering Steels Ltd., a joint venture between British Steel and GKN; notes that the four workers all had long periods of loyal service at Scottish Stamping and collectively had worked for the company for one hundred and fifteen years before their dismissal; calls upon the senior management of United Engineering Steels Ltd., British Steel and GKN to reconsider their refusal to accept the decisions of the industrial tribunal in relation to the four workers sacked at Scottish Stamping; expresses its concern at the lack of statutory powers under current legislation to enable industrial tribunals to enforce re-instatement decisions and the lack of power to award compensation based on actual loss of earnings due to dismissal; and asks that the Secretary of State for Employment amends current employment legislation to ensure that decisions taken by industrial tribunals can be implemented and that awards of compensation for unfair dismissal are based on more realistic criteria.

This motion has been signed by a total of 150 MPs.