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IT’S official. The Trade Union Bill currently being rushed through Parliament by the Tory government is in breach of international labour standards. So says the latest report by the ILO committee of experts.
For many this will come as no surprise. But now, in this latest ILO report, the British government is taken to task over proposals contained in the Trade Union Bill.
So what gives the ILO authority to comment on domestic laws? The right to strike is a fundamental right, embodied in the United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966.
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