Member

This is not just a legalistic flaw; surely it is a democratic one. These workers, who may have joined through ordinary recruitment or internal movement, are still workers. They are doing the same jobs, under the same conditions, often in the same teams. Under this provision, they would be arbitrarily excluded from a process that will define how they are represented in the workplace. If this is a pro-worker Bill, then surely it has to be pro all workers, not only those whose votes or presence are assumed to support a particular outcome. To tell employers, “Do not hire or transfer staff into this unit during this process, or they will be treated as suspect” is to demand something that most cannot deliver without operational damage. Is it not the Government’s goal to boost employment?