Unions launch legal challenge against government's attacks on the right to strike

TRADE unions launched a major legal challenge to Tory government attacks on the right to strike today.
The High Court began a two-day hearing of the case, brought by social justice law firm Thompsons Solicitors on behalf of 11 unions co-ordinated by the TUC.
The coalition, which includes Unite, GMB and the National Education Union, decided to act after Downing Street changed the law to allow bosses to employ agency workers to break legal industrial action.
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