The London Transport Region of the RMT union, which organises workers employed by Transport for London, London Underground, and subsidiary/outsourced companies, has passed a new resolution on fighting the anti-union laws.
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General election: organise to push Labour to repeal anti-strike laws
With Labour likely to form the next government, the wider labour movement must push the Labour Party to go further on repealing legal restrictions on the right to organise and strike.
Court win on right to strike
The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday 17 April that UK law allowing employers to discipline (but not sack) workers for striking is in conflict with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Leeds Council opposes anti-strike laws
Leeds City Council has passed a resolution opposing the government’s “Minimum Service Levels” Act.
Write to your councillor to demand “no work notices”
The Campaign for Trade Union Freedom, Strike Map, and a number of other organisations have partnered to launch a new initiative encouraging activists to write to their local councillors to demand councils commit no to issuing work notices.
Largest Academy Trust rules out “work notices”: make others do the same!
Schools Week has announced that United Learning (UL), the largest Academy Trust in England, operating 89 schools and employing 7,000 staff, has stated it will not use the Minimum Service Law (MSL) to issue “work notices” instructing staff to strike-break.
After Cheltenham demo: keep up campaigning, build for open defiance
Thousands of trade unionists marched in Cheltenham today (27 January), to mark the 40th anniversary of the Thatcher government’s ban on unions at Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and protest contemporary anti-strike laws, including the new Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act.
Online meeting – Thursday 15 February, 7pm: The fight for the right to strike, with Matt Wrack (FBU)
After the TUC Special Congress of 9 December, and the demonstration in Cheltenham on 27 January, what are the next steps in the fight against anti-strike laws – not only the most recent, but all existing restrictions on our right to strike?
How do we beat the Minimum Service Levels Act? Online meeting, 7pm, 1 February
The Troublemakers At Work network, founded at a conference in July co-hosted by Strike Map, NHS Workers Say No, and various other left and labour movement bodies, is hosting an online meeting at 7pm on 1 February to discuss building resistance to the Minimum Service Levels Act.
23 January: Lewisham unions meet to plan campaigning against anti-strike laws
Several unions in the borough of Lewisham, south London, have called a joint campaign meeting on 23 January to plan activity opposing the Tories’ new anti-strike laws.
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