[IER] The Government proposals that would force unions to effectively break their own strikes

[Ben Sellers]

News brief 04/11/22   View this email in your browser 





The Tories’ ‘minimum service levels’ legislation could face legal challenge


"...unions will be required “to take reasonable steps to ensure that the persons identified in the notice do not take part, or continue to take part, in the strike.”
This is a serious obligation for the state to impose and suggests that the union will be obliged to take steps to actively undermine the effectiveness of the strike, including potentially a duty to discipline its own members for refusing to work during a strike they have voted to support."

In a follow up to last week's article on the attacks on collective bargaining in the Morning Star, John Hendy KC and Professor Keith Ewing examine the Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill. 


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New Zealand forges ahead with radical workers’ rights agenda

Jacinda Ardern’s government has radically expanded unions’ collective bargaining power, but those reforms are likely to be under threat if her party loses the election next year. 


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Ontario bill would fine workers $4,000 for each day they strike
The government of Ontario has passed a controversial law that could impose a fine of $4,000 (£2,600) a day for workers who go on strike.


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We need root and branch repeal of Britain’s anti-union laws
The current changes to the law represent a tightening of the screw on trade union rights. We need root and branch change, argues the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom's Adrian Weir


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New poll exposes broken economy as debt emergency grows
A Survation poll for Unite of 6,000 adults reveals a debt emergency as the interest rate rises take hold. 


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Unions respond to interest rate hike & tell Govt to tackle profiteering
Unions have warned that workers will suffer fresh financial hardship as a result of the interest rate hike announced by the Bank of England on Thursday.


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