[2015] NZEmpC 230 FIRST Union Inc v Jacks Hardware and Timber Ltd [pdf, 365 KB]
...During October 2013 there were discussions between the Union’s local organiser, Shirley Walthew, and the union members at Jacks about the process of initiating bargaining for a collective agreement. Before that could occur, however, Jacks’s human resources manager and administrator raised concerns with the Union about union membership conversations taking place between staff in the store during working hours. Their concern was that these were impacting negatively on the busine...