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Their union Prospect accuses V&A boss Tristram Hunt of refusing to negotiate
A TORY strike ban pledge unveiled as the Toldpuddle Martyr’s festival began yesterday “will make legal strikes close to impossible,” TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said yesterday.
Ms O'Grady said that conservative plans for a strike vote turnout threshold of 50 per cent would “fundamentally shift the balance of power” behind bosses and see pay slump — even for people who have never been in a union.
And she hit back at other measures revealed in the new Tory manifesto, which was published even as thousands gathered to remember one of Britain's most historic battles for union rights at Tolpuddle in Dorset.
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
MATT ALLEN salutes the workers and reps who push back against bosses, win for members and make the Unite union what it is
In the FBU we are showing that when we’re prepared to fight, we can win — let’s deliver for future generations and defeat the far right, argues STEVE WRIGHT
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP