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?
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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.
After TUC special congress: defiance needs action, not just words
Perhaps the most significant sentence in the resolution passed by the TUC special congress, held on 9 December to discuss the Tories’ latest anti-strike laws, is a commitment that unions will “refuse to tell [their] members to cross a picket line.”
Sheffield City Council opposes MSL law
its 6 December, Sheffield City Council passed a resolution opposing the Tories’ new Minimum Service Levels Act.
We need to get serious about what “non-compliance” means
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Lobby the TUC special congress, 9 December
The National Shop Stewards Network has called a lobby outside the TUC special congress, 9-10am, Saturday 9 December, at Congress House (Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS).
TUC calls special congress for 9 December
The Trades Union Congress has called a special congress for 9 December.
Tories announce minimum service levels: prepare defiance!
The government has now set the minimum service levels in three of the sectors covered by the new Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act.
Nottingham East CLP calls on Labour councils “not to cooperate” with anti-strike legislation
Nottinghamshire, Mansfield, and Nottingham Trades Union Council has passed a resolution calling on Labour councils “not to cooperate” with new anti-strike legisation.
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