Protected industrial activity

Protected industrial activity is not the same as protected industrial action. See the QNMU’s information sheet on protected industrial action for information. Protected industrial activity includes union members participating in an activity organised or promoted by a union (such as the QNMU), or encouraging that activity. If the QNMU and your employer cannot agree on a fair enterprise agreement offer to put to nurses and/or midwives, QNMU members may decide to take protected industrial activity as a means of persuading the employer to make a better offer.