[IER] Public support for unions rises as 500, 000 take strike action

[Ben Sellers]

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Public support for unions rises as 500,000 take strike action


Latest polling suggests that public support for unions and striking workers is increasing, despite an acknowledgement that the action is becoming more disruptive as more unions join transport, health, postal, communications and education workers on the picket line. On Wednesday 1st February, a total of 500,000 workers across multiple sectors are took strike action.


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Why I’m on strike
'It's just not sustainable, we can't live like this.' Workers on the picket line share their stories. Hannah Davenport of Left Foot Forward reports from the front line as half a million strike. 


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Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill goes to Committee & Report Stage
As the Government’s controversial Strikes (Minimum Service Levels goes to the House of Commons Committee & Report Stage, trade unions have voiced serious concerns about workers’ rights and good industrial relations. 


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Minimum service levels bill passes third reading unamended by 315 votes to 246
The government’s minimum service levels bill has passed its third reading unamended, with MPs voting in favour of the legislation by 315 votes to 246. Via Kate Neame at Labourlist. 


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Written Statement: Welsh Government position on the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
The Welsh Government responds to a "damaging and unnecessary" Bill with a letter to Kevin Hollinrake, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at BEIS.  


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Parliamentary scrutiny committee slams government plans to tear-up workers’ rights derived from EU
Tory-chaired Lords committee warns of “significant risk” that key rights could be accidentally lost 


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What Actually is a General Strike and is the UK Going to Have One?
As the UK’s strike wave continues, with teachers and firefighters becoming the latest to join in on the action, there’s been considerable talk – and substantial confusion – around the idea of a general strike. Via Polly Smythe at Novara Media. 



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