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Labour will only stick to its word on MSL laws under pressure, warns RMT's Eddie Dempsey
Eddie Dempsey speaking at the RMT young members conference

RMT young members would face “real struggles” under a Labour government, the union’s senior assistant general secretary warned today.

Speaking at the RMT young members’ annual conference in Wigan, Eddie Dempsey said he doesn’t trust the party’s leadership to keep its pledge to abolish the Tories’ Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) law.

He predicted a Labour government later this year, adding: “Over the next year or two, we are going to have some real struggles in front of us.

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