• The Trades Union Congress has named two well-known road
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hauliers which it says are at the centre of its controversial campaign to shame employers into recognising unions.
Great Yarmouth-based Yare Haulage—part of the freight forwarder Frans Maas—is so far refusing to respond to pressure by unions to gain recognition, says the TUC.
Yare Haulage has also been highlighted as being among the top 20 firms found by the TUC to deny union recognition to their workforces although more than half of the relevant staff are union members.
That makes Yare's reluctance "completely unnecessary", says the TUC, because the Govern
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al election pledge to introduce a bill to force companies to recognise unions where the majority of workers favour collective bargaining.
More than 80% of the 44 drivers and depot staff at Yare Haulage are said to be Transport and General Workers Union members. Company secretary Keith Harrowing says he is in discussion with union officials to find out "what the likely benefits and disadvantages would be". 0 The TUC also named Paisley-based haulier WH Malcolm claiming some of its staff's union membership is not formally recognised by the firm.
However, this came as news to T&G regional transport negotiator Daniel Sharpe. He couldn't believe the firm was named and says the union has an excellent working relationship with the company.
"The firm is even a party to the JIG wage agreements," says Sharpe.