Memo tells ministers to disregard minimum service levels rules, as part of reforms to reorder industrial relationsThe government will begin the task of rolling back years of anti-trade union laws within days, the Observer can reveal, as ministers are ordered to ignore a key measure passed by the Tories as part of a wider “reset” of industrial relations in Britain.As a first step, departments will be told effectively to ignore a law passed last year designed to force workers across a series of industries to provide a minimum level of service during strikes. The legislation – described as a “pointless gimmick” by ministers – paved the way to severely curtail the rights of border security, ambulance services, fire and rescue, teachers and rail services to take industrial action. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-08-03 17:00:07
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Labour axes ‘gimmick’ anti-strike law as it plans major reset for workers’ rights
