Member

Under the Government’s proposal, once the CAC issues a declaration recognising a union for a particular bargaining unit, for the next three years the CAC may not take into account any substantial changes in the number of workers employed in that unit when considering whether the unit remains appropriate. In other words, even if the workforce has been transformed by genuine large-scale operational restructuring, the CAC is barred from treating that transformation as grounds to revisit the appropriateness of the unit. We understand the intent, which is to provide certainty and avoid constant rerunning of recognition ballots, but this blanket moratorium risks locking in a bargaining unit that no longer reflects the reality on the ground.