Unions launch legal action against government's anti-strike legislation
PUBLIC services union PCS announced legal action against the government’s minimum services levels legislation at the TUC’s historic Right To Strike rally this weekend.
The union’s general secretary Mark Serwotka made the announcement before thousands of trade unionists who gathered in Cheltenham for the 40th anniversary of the Tory ban on GCHQ workers joining a union.
In his last major speech before handing over the reins to Fran Heathcote, he said: “Here we are 40 years on and the Tories are trying to make it illegal for public-sector workers and others to take strike action in defence of their own living standards.
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