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Anti-strikes Bill ‘reverses 100 years of progress’
Peers urged to quash the Minimum Service Levels Bill ahead of tomorrow's debate
Protesters outside the Houses of Parliament in London, as the Bill on minimum service levels during strikes reaches its second reading. Picture date: Monday January 16, 2023.
UNION leaders have demanded that peers quash the government’s anti-strikes Bill, which is set to be debated in the House of Lords tomorrow.
The TUC has urged peers to vote for an amendment to the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill that would stop frontline workers getting sacked for exercising their right to withdraw their labour.
TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said: “It’s time for the government to ditch this Bill for good and protect the right to strike.
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