The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) has published its annual report for 2011/12, which shows that, during the year ending 31 March 2012, there were 43 applications made to the CAC for trade union recognition, which is a significant increase from the 28 applications made in the previous year. The CAC report notes that this is a return to the level of applications for trade union recognition from two years ago, when there were 42 applications. There were no new applications for trade union derecognition.
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