Industrial Relations Act, 1990
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PART II Trade Union Law | ||
Trade Disputes | ||
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Definitions for Part II . |
8.—In this Part, save where the context otherwise requires— | |
“employer” means a person for whom one or more workers work or have worked or normally work or seek to work having previously worked for that person; | ||
“trade dispute” means any dispute between employers and workers which is connected with the employment or non-employment, or the terms or conditions of or affecting the employment, of any person; | ||
“trade union” means a trade union which is the holder of a negotiation licence under Part II of the Trade Union Act, 1941 ; | ||
“worker” means any person who is or was employed whether or not in the employment of the employer with whom a trade dispute arises, but does not include a member of the Defence Forces or of the Garda Síochána; | ||
“industrial action” means any action which affects, or is likely to affect, the terms or conditions, whether express or implied, of a contract and which is taken by any number or body of workers acting in combination or under a common understanding as a means of compelling their employer, or to aid other workers in compelling their employer, to accept or not to accept terms or conditions of or affecting employment; | ||
“strike” means a cessation of work by any number or body of workers acting in combination or a concerted refusal or a refusal under a common understanding of any number of workers to continue to work for their employer done as a means of compelling their employer, or to aid other workers in compelling their employer, to accept or not to accept terms or conditions of or affecting employment. |