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Government told not to overturn ban on agency workers during strikes
‘Bringing in agency staff to deliver important services in place of strikers risks endangering public safety, worsening disputes and poisoning industrial relations,’ TUC says

TORY ministers must make a “clear commitment” not to overturn a reinstated ban on bosses using temporary agency workers to break strikes, the TUC demanded today.
The widely criticised end to the long-standing ban — enacted in the dying days of former prime minister Boris Johnson’s scandal-hit administration last summer — was quashed as of today following a High Court ruling last month.
Judges found that then business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng failed to consult unions as required by the Employment Agencies Act 1973 when making the draconian changes.
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