Common use of INDEPENDENCE OF ACTION Clause in Contracts

INDEPENDENCE OF ACTION. The purpose of this protocol is to ensure good industrial relations through effective consultation and collective negotiations which minimise the likelihood of failure to reach agreement. There may be occasions when agreement is not reached and in this respect nothing in this protocol implies that neither the trade unions nor the Local Authority have a veto over each other’s right to act independently. Provided that over a reasonable time there has been a genuine attempt by the trade unions and the Local Authority to reach mutual agreement, the Local Authority may exercise its right to manage and the trade unions their right to take appropriate action in relation the issues in dispute. The Local Authority may seek to impose its proposals and the trade unions may take industrial action.