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Protesters during the Protect The Right To Strike march in Leeds, February 1, 2023
THE Tory government’s latest anti-strike legislation is a “bullying counter-revolutionary response to keep us in our place,” food workers charged today.
BFAWU delegates meeting for their annual conference unanimously passed a motion which slammed the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 as an attempt to remove working people’s “God-given right” to strike.
The widely condemned law, which was enacted last July, gives employers and even ministers the right to sack workers who refuse to provide a dictated minimum service level across key industries during walkouts.
TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026
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More than 1,500 London bus drivers set for heatwave strikes this Friday
As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR