[IER] Unions challenge "draconian" Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act

Fri Dec 8 16:46:14 GMT 2023

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Unions “won’t rest” until draconian anti-strike laws are repealed

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The TUC has said unions “won’t rest” until the “draconian” anti-strike laws are repealed.

The union body warns the fight against the legislation “doesn’t stop here” – adding that unions will be discussing how they take on the new anti-strike laws at the “once in a generation” special Congress taking place this Saturday.

The warning comes as minimum service levels regulations in rail, ambulance services and border security passed on Wednesday.

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The Lords debates the Minimum Service Levels Code of Practice

The Government's controversial legislation avoids serious damage as fatal motion is withdrawn.

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Lord John Hendy: “This Bill contravenes the rule of law.”

The Chair of the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) speaks on the Minimum Service Levels Code of Practice in the House of Lords. 

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Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023

"The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act is not about preventing disruption to the public in a strike. It is about preventing workers through their unions pushing back, as they have been over the last year, against low wages and poor conditions." - Prof Keith Ewing and Lord John Hendy on the Minimum Service Levels Act 

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FBU leader Matt Wrack attacks Tory anti-strikes laws

TUC President issues warning as trade unions discuss campaign of non-compliance (via the Morning Star)

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Our trade unions must make anti-strike laws inoperable

"Determined leadership to defy new MSL laws is needed across the trade union movement. The strike waves since 2022 show that a new era of solidarity has been born." RMT President Alex Gordon on Saturday’s TUC Special Congress in the Morning Star. 

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An existential threat to the unions?

"It’s widely believed the Congress will not call for non-compliance with the Strikes Act but will offer support to affiliates that choose to go down the non-compliance route." - Adrian Weir in Labour Outlook 

 <https://labouroutlook.org/2023/12/08/an-existential-threat-to-the-unions/> Read here 

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