| The United Kingdom has clear employment laws, | | | | further feels it was against their human rights. The |
| which have been modified in recent months. The new | | | | current employment laws are complicated. |
| government has examined certain regulations in the | | | | It makes it difficult for anyone to operate without |
| labour force. There are changes coming and one of | | | | making a claim against a company. Overall, Hendy |
| these modifications may be a result of a recent | | | | wants the regulations to be clarified in an attempt to |
| strike blocked. | | | | create a precedent that would be clear to all |
| The National Union of Journalists are about to fight | | | | companies and not just Johnston Press. Without clear |
| the European Court after they decided to stop a | | | | rights it is hard to know where the line can be drawn |
| strike from occurring by Johnston Press. A solicitor as | | | | between employer and employee. |
| part of the case is preparing a case. It is going to | | | | This may be a current case in the media, but more |
| challenge the UK in the European Court on the basis | | | | has to come from the overall topic. An employee |
| of human rights violations. The violation the lawyer is | | | | should have the ability to stop their employment, get |
| outlining in the case states the news group was | | | | paid for their work, and have fair working conditions. |
| prevented from having a strike because of | | | | Any employee who feels this is being violated and is |
| technicalities that go against human rights. | | | | in a union should have the right to try to get the fair |
| Johnston Press asked for an injunction in the High | | | | working conditions. |
| Court in May. Their reasoning was based on not | | | | The union did start pay negotiations on behalf of the |
| employing the journalists wishing to strike. They | | | | employees, which would end the need for the |
| stated the journalists were not working for them in a | | | | employees to stop working during the solution of the |
| direct manner. John Hendy is in charge of the case | | | | issues. The fact about this case is that unions and an |
| and is trying to base it on a breach of employment | | | | ending to work during negotiations have gone on for |
| laws. | | | | several decades. The employment laws in place have |
| Hendy feels it is "absurd" that a legal technicality has | | | | been in place and modified over centuries in order to |
| stopped the union from getting fair rights, and | | | | fix what is wrong in the employment industry. |