Crofter Hand Woven Harris Tweed Co Ltd v Veitch

Crofter Tweed Ltd v Veitch
Court	House of Lords
Citation(s)	[1941] UKHL 2, [1942] AC 435
Case opinions
Lord Chancellor Simon, Lord Wright
Keywords
Collective bargaining, right to strike

Crofter Hand Woven Harris Tweed Co Ltd v Veitch [1941] UKHL 2 is a landmark UK labour law case on the right to take part in collective bargaining. However, the actual decision which appears to allow secondary action may have been limited by developments from the 1980s.

In the Harris Tweed industry on the island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, several independent producers of tweed cloth were in a dispute with the Transport and General Workers' Union over working conditions. The TGWU called on dockers in Stornoway, also TGWU members to refuse to handle the yarn imported to the island by the producers.

The House of Lords held that there was no actionable conspiracy in this case. Lord Chancellor Simon said,

Lord Thankerton said the following.

Lord Wright affirmed that the union had a right to take part in collective bargaining and more than that said,

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