TU Facility time

As Tory MPs and sections of the press stepped up their campaign against trade union facility time in January, the TUC responded by publishing research showing that the union presence in workplaces could save employers as much as £700 million a year.
The report - Facility Time for Union Reps: Separating fact from fiction - says that in workplaces where union reps negotiate with employers on behalf of their colleagues, there are significant cost savings to be had. These come in the form of more productive and better trained workforces, safer workplaces, fewer cases taken to employment tribunal, and lower recruitment and retention costs.
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http://www.tuc.org.uk/workplace/tuc-20520-f0.cfm