2019/39 Industrial action injunction refused where trade unions were seeking parity of treatment (UK)

The High Court (HC) dismissed an application by an employer for an interim injunction to prevent strike action organised by two trade unions, who were demanding parity of treatment for their members as compared to members of another union. It was more likely than not that the two unions would succeed in establishing, at the full trial of the matter, that the statutory protection under UK law for industrial action applied.

Editorial EELC 2019 issue 4: The European Commission and Social Developments

ECJ 4 December 2019, case C-413/18 P (H - v - Council), Miscellaneous

H - v - Council of the European Union, EU case

ECJ 4 December 2019, case C-413/18 P (H - v - Council), Miscellaneous

H - v - Council of the European Union, EU case

ECJ 5 December 2019, joined cases C-398/18 and C-428/18 (Bocero Torrico), Social Insurance

Antonio Bocero Torrico (C‑398/18), Jörg Paul Konrad Fritz Bode (C‑428/18) - v - Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social, Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social, Spanish cases

ECJ 5 December 2019, joined cases C-398/18 and C-428/18 (Bocero Torrico), Social Insurance

Antonio Bocero Torrico (C‑398/18), Jörg Paul Konrad Fritz Bode (C‑428/18) - v - Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social, Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social, Spanish cases

ECJ 19 November 2019, joined cases C-609/17 and C-610/17 (TSN), Paid leave

Terveys- ja sosiaalialan neuvottelujärjestö (TSN) ry – v – Hyvinvointialan liitto ry; Auto- ja Kuljetusalan Työntekijäliitto AKT ry – v – Satamaoperaattorit ry, Finnish cases

ECJ 19 November 2019, joined cases C-609/17 and C-610/17 (TSN), Paid leave

Terveys- ja sosiaalialan neuvottelujärjestö (TSN) ry – v – Hyvinvointialan liitto ry; Auto- ja Kuljetusalan Työntekijäliitto AKT ry – v – Satamaoperaattorit ry, Finnish cases

ECJ 21 November 2019, joined cases C‑203/18 and C‑374/18, Working time, Miscellaneous

Deutsche Post AG, Klaus Leymann – v – Land Nordrhein-Westfalen; UPS Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, DPD Dynamic Parcel Distribution GmbH & Co. KG, Bundesverband Paket & Expresslogistik eV – v – Deutsche Post AG, German cases

ECJ 21 November 2019, joined cases C‑203/18 and C‑374/18, Working time, Miscellaneous

Deutsche Post AG, Klaus Leymann – v – Land Nordrhein-Westfalen; UPS Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, DPD Dynamic Parcel Distribution GmbH & Co. KG, Bundesverband Paket & Expresslogistik eV – v – Deutsche Post AG, German cases