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TORY PLEDGE ‘WOULD BREAK GLOBAL LAWS’
Manifesto attack on labour rights is a mess that runs afoul of ILO convention, experts say

TORY plans to impose restrictive thresholds on strike ballots would violate international law, a leading labour lawyer said yesterday. 

Daniel Blackburn, director of the International Centre for Trade Union Rights, believes the Tory manifesto pledge would break standards on workers’ rights set by the United Nations.

The legal expert said it would put Britain’s strike laws on a par with those of Nigeria and Belarus, among the world’s worst countries for workers.

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