The Tories' legislative attack on the right to strike is the latest in a wider agenda to strengthen the authoritarian powers of the government, writes Olivia Blake MP.
Tag: Trade Unions
RMT dismissed Tory fire and rehire consultation gimmick
The RMT has dismissed the government’s consultation for a new code to deal with fire and rehire tactics as a ‘gimmick’ designed to draw attention away from attacks on the Right to Strike.
Ambulance workers take strike action – Unite
Highlights from the picket line as Unite ambulance workers take action in England and Wales.
Defend the Right to Strike – Professor Keith Ewing and Lord Hendy KC
We need to understand – and oppose - government attacks on democracy and the legal rights of the working class write Professor Keith Ewing and Lord Hendy KC.
“Irrational and Insulting: A Vindictive Assault on Basic Freedoms” – parliamentary voices speak up for the #RightToStrike
"This is a pernicious Bill that shames the House and the nation. It is designed to attack and demoralise public service workers who are taking industrial action."
Ambulance workers announce four more national strike dates – GMB
“Ministers have made things worse by demonising the ambulance workers who provided life and limb cover on strike days - playing political games with their scaremongering."
“From clapping nurses to sacking nurses” – Zarah Sultana’s defends the #RightToStrike
"This new law would see key workers such as nurses, railway workers, firefighters and teachers fired for going on strike" - Zarah Sultana's powerful contribution to the debate on the Tory Strike Bill.
More than 30,000 civil servants begin new strike ballot – PCS Union
"Our hard-working members are fed up and angry with the way they’re being treated by a government that takes them for granted" - 30,000 civil servants begin a new strike ballot.
Teachers take action – NEU wins ballot for strike action in England and Wales
"Due to the NEU’s success in surpassing the fifty percent boundary laid down in the Tory Trade union bill, the union has now declared seven days of strike action in February and March."
Hundreds mobilise with the RMT outside of Downing Street to defend the #RightToStrike
"This Bill is to take away our right as free citizens to take strike action. They're doing it on behalf of the people who pay the lobby fees" - activists mobilise to defend the Right to Strike.