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 anti-strikes Bill: yet another blow to our democratic rights
We have no choice but to seek to build mass opposition and to develop a strategy of non-compliance to the draconian Minimum Service Levels Act, says MATT WRACK
FBU general secretary Matt Wrack
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
THE Minimum Service Levels Act is one of the most significant attacks on working people in a generation.
Under the new anti-strike legislation, “minimum service regulations” in fire and rescue, health, education, transport, nuclear decommissioning and border security will enable employers to require designated workers to attend work on strike days — despite a democratic and lawful vote for strike action; workers will be required to undermine their own demands and campaigns.
Employers will also be granted increased powers to sack union members if they do not work on strike days. Unions will be expected to police members’ attendance at work.
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