[IER] A Reply to Sunak: Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill and the ILO

[Ben Sellers]

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A Reply to Sunak: Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill and the ILO


"It is a matter of some surprise that the Prime Minister should justify the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill on the ground that minimum service levels are authorized by the ILO, and that legislation of this kind operates in France, Spain and Italy.   What he did not say is that the blank cheque which the Bill gives to Grant Shapps to determine when workers can strike is not consistent with what the ILO demands. or with the law relating to minimum service levels in other countries."

A reply to Rishi Sunak, by Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy KC. 


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Blink and You’ll Miss It
The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill Progresses Quickly through the Commons. 
Ruth Dukes (Glasgow University Law School) looks at the passage of the Bill as it passes rapidly through the Commons. 


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The minimum service levels Bill – why we should all be furious
The government’s planned legislation is contemptuous of parliamentary democracy and an affront to human rights say Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy KC.  


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The Strikes (Minimum Service) Bill: A Blatant Violation of International Labour Standards
Whatever merits the Government can invoke in support of this Bill, its compliance with ILO standards is not one of them. By 
Ioannis Katsaroumpas (originally published on the UK Labour Law blog) 


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The Anti-Strike Law is a Historic Attack on Workers’ Rights
The anti-strike law going through Parliament will give bosses the power to sack frontline staff and drive their unions into bankruptcy.

Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy KC 


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Tory minister admits resolving rail disputes would have been cheaper than strikes
"It’s actually ended up costing more than would have been the case if it was just settled in that part." - via Left Foot Forward 



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‘Failing to succeed’: the role of Cambridge economics in making the case for the minimum wage
The latest in our Labour, Strategy, and Legal Mobilisation blog series, by Professor Simon Deakin (Cambridge University) 


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New Just Fair report on the state of economic, social and cultural rights in the UK
Over 70 organisations & individuals from across England & Wales have come together to provide evidence for a report to the UN, including the IER


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Defend the Right to Strike event - 24th Jan
The Campaign for Trade Union Freedom and StrikeMap are organising a Rally and Planning Session in opposition to the Minimum Service Level Bill on Tuesday 24 January at Mander Hall, NEU, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, WC1H 9DB.
 


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