Trade Union Recognition
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information (a) his Department, (b) the Certification Officer and (c) the Central Arbitration Committee hold on (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful trade union recognition ballots in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Justin Madders
Information from the Central Arbitration Committee in relation to the outcome of statutory trade union recognition ballots is provided below for each of the last 10 years:
| Successful | Unsuccessful |
2015 | 4 | 4 |
2016 | 5 | 1 |
2017 | 5 | 4 |
2018 | 7 | 6 |
2019 | 6 | 2 |
2020 | 2 | 0 |
2021 | 8 | 4 |
2022 | 5 | 1 |
2023 | 3 | 5 |
2024 | 4 | 5 |
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