Trade Union Recognition By National Express In North America

EDM number 1451 in 2008-09, proposed by John McDonnell on 07/05/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Buses, Industrial relations and North America.

That this House is concerned to learn about the anti-union behaviour of management at UK-based National Express Group's North American yellow school bus subsidiaries; notes that when US and Canadian National Express workers seek to organise collectively in trade unions they are faced with a management that behaves in a manner that seriously undermines the fundamental human rights of its employees to choose a union and engage in collective bargaining; is appalled that the company's executive board of directors, despite having been alerted to these serious violations, has failed to take action in support of the company's own corporate social responsibility policy; believes that employee representation in the workplace is an individual and collective right; further believes that in recognition of this, and as an encouragement to industry to promote harmonious employee relations, companies that breach accepted international labour standards and former Department of Trade and Industry framework guidance by refusing to recognise trade unions or actively campaign against them, whether in the UK or in subsidiaries abroad, should have their track record in this area taken into account when deciding rail franchises, bus quality contracts and school bus contracts or procurement agreements by central or local government or their agencies; urges National Express to adopt and enforce a Freedom of Association Policy and a Compliance Monitoring Programme along the lines of that already introduced by FirstGroup, their major competitor in North America.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.