DAVE CALFE, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ trade union, writes exclusively for the Morning Star as the union’s five-day annual conference opens in Birmingham
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RMT general secretary Mick Lynch is on characteristically bullish form when asked about the Tory government’s widely condemned anti-strike Bill, which passed its final hurdles in the Commons on Monday night.
“I think everyone outside of Grant Shapps’s head is uncomfortable with this legislation. I’m not sure employers like it, and even business organisations don’t understand how it’s going to work.”
The Business Secretary claims the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, which is expected to face stiff opposition in the House of Lords, is a “proportionate” response to the biggest strike wave to sweep Britain in decades.
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