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TRADE unions could be fined for using social media websites during industrial disputes under “Orwellian” laws being considered by the Tories.
Use of Facebook, Twitter, websites and blogs to promote strikes could be penalised under proposals included in a government consultation connected to the Trade Union Bill.
Unions would be required to give the government 14 days’ notice that they are planning to use social media during strikes — or face financial penalties.
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered
Labour’s long-promised Act has scraped through the Lords. While the law marks a step forward, its lack of collective rights leaves workers short-changed — and sets the stage for a renewed campaign for an Employment Rights Bill #2, argues TONY BURKE
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
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