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Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) South East Region at a rally in Chichester, West Sussex
THE Tory government’s widely condemned anti-strike legislation is likely to put Britain in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, MPs and peers will warn today.
The TUC repeated its calls for the “draconian and spiteful” Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill to be junked after the joint committee on human rights (JCHR) became the latest group to slam the legislation.
In its latest report, the cross-party committee stressed proposals in the Bill to make it easier to sack striking workers and slap multimillion-pound fines on unions “fail to meet human rights obligations, are not justified and need to be reconsidered.”
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered
