ABSTRACT
Banton v Alcoa Minerals of Jamaica Supreme Court, Jamaica (1971) 17 WIR 275 Right to belong to trade unions – whether employer compelled to recognise the worker’s trade union of choice notwithstanding a representational poll – whether employer’s failure to recognise the worker’s union of choice breached the freedom of association under ss 13, 23 (1), 25 (1) of the Jamaican Constitution 1962 – motion dismissed and injunction discharged – freedom of association under the Jamaican constitution meant no more than the right of the worker to join a trade union: Collymore v The Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago [1969] 2 All ER 1207 approved – on a proper construction s 23 of the Constitution did not guarantee the worker a right to have the employer recognise the union of his choice.
