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Government’s efforts to sabotage strikes with agency scabs deemed ‘unlawful and irrational’
Unions hail High Court ruling that ’vindicates’ their legal challenge against the proposed legislation
Protesters during the Protect The Right To Strike march in Leeds. Picture date: Wednesday February 1, 2023
GOVERNMENT efforts to sabotage strikes by legalising the use of agency workers as scabs were stamped on by the High Court today.
In a damning judgement, Mr Justice Linden declared the new laws “so unfair as to be unlawful and, indeed, irrational.”
Unions hailed the decision as a “complete vindication” of their legal challenge to the legislation, which must now be dumped by the government.
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