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Category Archives: Trade Union Bill
Can We Ban Christmas Travel Chaos?
As we face a Christmas of discontent, Ministers are, according to the Sunday Telegraph, coming under pressure from backbenchers to introduce laws to curb strikes in important public services. Which is odd really, because they already have. The Trade Union … Continue reading
Posted in BREXIT, Industrial action, Trade Union Bill
Tagged Chris Grayling, christmas travel chaos, ILO, strikes, UNiITE, WTO
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BREXIT and strike ballots.
This is not a post about the employment law implications of Brexit. Obviously there are plenty of those out there – and I’m sure I’ll be writing a few over the weeks months and years that follow. I suspect that … Continue reading
Posted in BREXIT, EU law, Industrial action, Trade Union Bill
Tagged ballot thresholds, industrial action ballots, turnout
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Junior Doctors and the Trade Union Bill
Barring a dramatic development (such as a legal challenge), tomorrow’s strike of junior doctors is going to go ahead. In fact it cannot be postponed because eight weeks has now passed since the ballot was held and after that period is … Continue reading
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Tagged conservative manifesto, FBU, firefighters, junior doctors, NUT, RMT, strike ballots
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The Trade Union Bill 2015 – a step too far
The new Trade Union Bill seeks to fight battles that, in reality, were won 20 years ago. There is a danger that all it will do is stir up anger and resentment in the trade union movement – and perhaps that is … Continue reading