As the TUC meets to plan its response tomorrow (December 8) my message is clear: don’t back down, strikes are a vital part of how we improve pay and conditions.
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UNISON joins emergency protest against anti-strike bill
Last night Conservative MPs reversed the positive changes made by the House of Lords to protect striking workers from dismissal
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NEC backs the right to strike emergency protest
Industrial action and the defence of the right to strike continue to be priorities for the union
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UNISON to challenge government strike-breaking laws at High Court
The union is challenging government regulations that allow employers to hire agency staff to replace striking workers
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NEC hears of ongoing industrial action across the union
Fair pay and fighting the Westminster government’s anti-strike bill are also discussed by UNISON’s ruling executive
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Blog: Why we must defend the right of working people to strike
The anti-strike bill is draconian and undemocratic, and will do nothing to fix the problems this government has caused
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‘The government has lost the plot’
The government’s new anti-strike bill – which is now being rushed through Parliament – had its second reading in the Commons on Monday (January 16). Unite and other unions have lambasted the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill as an anti-democratic power grab by the government which will severely curtail the right of union members to […]
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Three things you need to know about the anti-strike bill
The government’s Minimum Service Levels Bill is a full-frontal attack on working people and the trade unions they organise within
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‘Dangerous gimmick’
Only a day after failed talks between health ministers and trade unions on health, rail and teacher disputes, the government today (January 10) published a sinister bill that aims to severely curtail the democratic right to strike. Condemned by trade unions as unworkable and undemocratic, proposals in the bill would mean some trade union members […]
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