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Grant Shapps unveils anti-strike law today and says trains don’t need ticket collectors
Business Secretary Grant Shapps will publish his Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill today to combat what he called 'forever strikes' -
Banning union membership would “leave workers open to countless abuses” – TUC
PM considered union ban for thousands of key staff – according to leaked emails
Unions slam government’s proposals to further curb the human right to strike
Ministers confirm plans to introduce anti-worker legislation requiring key public services to maintain a minimum level of service during walkouts
Government push ahead with minimum service level legislation
Govt have announced new anti-strike legislation which will enforce “minimum service” requirements in six key public services
Unite responds to Ben Wallace comments on public sector pay disputes
Minister ratchets up hardline stance as he rejects claim government is sabotaging efforts to end strikes
Government stalls proposed workers’ rights watchdog
The UK government has reportedly shelved plans to introduce an independent body to oversee workers' rights in the country
High Court gives green light for legal challenge against “strike-breaking” agency worker regulations
Judicial review of “anti-worker” regulations which threaten the right to strike expected to be heard in March.
Report calls on MEPs to fast-track approval of the proposed EU Platform Work Directive
Worker Info Exchange (WIE) & Observatorio de Trabajo Algoritmo y Sociedad (TAS) call for additional curbs on algorithmic abuses in the gig economy.
Looking back at Grant Shapps’ 16 point plan to “deal with the unions”
In August, Grant Shapps revealed a 16 point plan to deal with "militant unions"
FBU says plan for new curbs on strikes an “outrage in a so-called democracy”
Ministers are reportedly considering restricting or potentially removing the right of ambulance workers and firefighters to take industrial action.
Sunak and Shapps in rush to drive through anti-strike legislation
Tory MPs call for new union curbs as UK faces biggest wave of industrial action since 1989
