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Millionaire ministers said yesterday that they may curtail trade union rights even further after Grangemouth bosses took offence at "unpleasant" protests against job cuts last month.
Union officials slammed the government after the Con-Dem coalition announced a review into activists' tactics.
Cabinet Office Minister Maude said he had asked barrister Bruce Carr to look into the Unite union's "leverage" strategy, which saw protests at billionaire Ineos boss Jim Ratcliffe's Limewood Hotel and the Lymington Town sailing club where Mr Ratcliffe - owner of the £130 million Hampshire II superyacht - is a member.
Making sure this Labour government delivers on decent jobs, strong workplace rights and well-funded public services will defeat the easy answers to real frustrations peddled by the far right, writes JOANNE THOMAS
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work