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Members of the Unite union on the picket line outside Guys and St Thomas' Hospital in London, during a 24-hour strike in their continued dispute over pay, July 13, 2023
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UNIONS vowed to fight “tooth and nail” against Tory attacks on the right to industrial action after the anti-strikes Act became law today.
The TUC said it would not rest until the draconian legislation, which allows ministers to require minimum levels of service during strikes by ambulance staff, firefighters, railway workers and those in other sectors deemed essential, is repealed.
Workers who vote to strike face the sack if they fail to comply.
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
It is only trade union power at work that will materially improve the lot of working people as a class but without sector-wide collective bargaining and a right to take sympathetic strike action, we are hamstrung in the fight to tilt back the balance of power, argues ADRIAN WEIR