Unite the Union Quinn Glass
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 20 December 2012 |
| Court | Industrial Court (UK) |
| Judgement Number | IC49/12 |
Case Ref No: IC-49/2012
THE INDUSTRIAL COURT
THE TRADE UNION AND LABOUR RELATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND)
ORDER 1995 (AS INSERTED BY ARTICLE 3 OF THE EMPLOYMENT
RELATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1999)
SCHEDULE 1A – COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: RECOGNITION
DECISION ON WHETHER TO ACCEPT THE APPLICATION
The Parties:
Unite the Union
And
Quinn Glass
DECISION
Introduction
1. Unite the Union submitted an application to the Industrial Court (the Court), received on 8th
November 2012, for recognition at Quinn Glass, Derrylin, Co Fermanagh, N Ireland, BT92
9AU. The bargaining unit description was,
“IS Operators, Charge Hands, Line Controllers, Palletise Operators, Warehouse,
Resort Teams, DePauls, IS maintenance, Hot End Job Change, Cold End Job Change,
Shift-Setters, Control Room Operators, General Maintenance Training, Stores and
Quality Control – Not including: Electricians, Gen Engineers, Supervisors,
Management Middle/Senior, Temporary and Agency workers”,
and the location was given as “Derrylin Glass Plant”.
The Court gave both parties notice of the application on 9th November 2012. The Employer
submitted a response to the Court on 20th November 2012.
2. In accordance with Article 92(A) of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992,
the Industrial Court Acting Chairman established a Panel of the Court to deal with the case.
The Court consisted of Mr Barry Fitzpatrick, Chairman, and, as Members, Mr Robin Bell and
Mr Neal Willis. The Case Manager appointed to support the Court was Mr Paul Cassidy.
Background
3. The Union’s application stated that the date of request to the Employer was 10th September
2012. It also stated that 230 workers in total were employed by the Employer, the number of
workers in the proposed bargaining unit was 179 and that the number of members in the
proposed bargaining unit was 86.
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