The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
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The Minimum Service Levels Act is dangerous, unjust and must be defeated
We must be prepared to mobilise and build a mass movement against the Tories’ vicious anti-union law, writes Fire Brigades Union leader MATT WRACK
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THE labour movement is facing one of the most vicious attacks in recent history. The Tories’ Minimum Service Levels Act is the latest in a long line of anti-union laws, taking aim at our right to strike. As we celebrate International Workers’ Day, we must be clear-eyed about what is at stake.
The Westminster government is intent on driving down wages and silencing workers who fight for better pay and conditions. They know that workers’ power lies in our ability to organise in our workplaces and to withhold our labour.
The eight-hour day, better pay, safer conditions, the weekend and paid holiday would not exist unless bosses knew we could stop the workplace. Workers who can’t strike, can’t bargain. And if you’re not bargaining, you’re begging.
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