Employment law may well protect you, but if you can't afford a lawyer you're screwed.
My workplace is very unionised; when changes are planned or issues occur, representatives of various factory departments engage in dialogue with the management and a solution is found. The management don't descend from the mountain and impose changes without considering the consequences, likewise the partnership council act reasonably and don't throw a strop when they get their own way.

It must work because the company hasn't stopped growing even during these last few years, and turned over enough profit to give everyone on site got a 2.5% payrise last month.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 16:32, Reply)