[IER] Government intends to introduce Minimum Service Levels into schools during strikes

Fri Oct 20 17:03:39 BST 2023

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Government intends to introduce Minimum Service Levels into schools during strikes

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Ministers are set to introduce minimum service levels in schools and colleges, in a move branded as an “overtly hostile act that attacks the basic democratic freedoms of school leaders and teachers” by education unions.

On the Government website, Gov.uk, Ministers laid out their plans to introduce Minimum Service Levels to “protect children and young people’s education”

Commenting, Daniel Kebede, General Secretary of the National Education Union, said:

“The NEU strongly oppose the introduction of MSLs. We do not acknowledge the validity of MSLs given their impact on the fundamental right to strike, therefore we do not believe this is an appropriate topic for the Government or Department for Education to regulate."

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The Queen Mary University of London Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice is collaborating with the Institute of Employment Rights to organise a conference on ‘green bargaining’ strategies that will bring together trade union organisers, academics and campaigners on Friday 27th October. 

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Carillion workers who lost jobs deserve answers after bosses avoid trial

Why have those who may have been responsible been let off the hook at the eleventh hour, asks GMB Union

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TUC uses UK Domestic Advisory Group to raise concerns about anti-strikes law

"Trade unions are clear – commitments to workers’ rights cannot just be on paper. They must be enforced to stop trade driving a race to the bottom on rights and jobs." TUC blog by Rosa Crawford

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