For decades the labour movement has failed to oppose the anti-union laws. The result? New ones
Hot on the heels of the law allowing use of agency workers for strike-breaking , Tory leadership candidate Liz Truss has proposed : • Action within thirty days of taking office to introduce the “minimum service requirement” outlawing all-out strikes in certain sectors that the Tories pledged in their 2019 manifesto for transport – but extended to other sectors too. But also: • Doubling the minimum notice period for strikes from two to four weeks; • Raising the threshold for strikes in certain "essential" sectors from 40% of the whole eligible membership voting to 50% and extending this to the...