The recent congress of the TUC, which took place form 7-10 September, reaffirmed the TUC’s support for repealing all legal restrictions on the right to strike.
Category Archives: Labour Party
John Hendy proposes new amendments to legalise solidarity strikes
Labour peer John Hendy will propose new amendments to the Employment Rights Bill to legalise “secondary” (solidarity) action.
Oppose the proscription of Palestine Action
The use of anti-terrorism laws against civil disobedience could have far reaching effects for the trade union movement.
After Hendy’s amendment: campaign to legalise solidarity
A discussion article by a Free Our Unions supporter.
Unions speak out for the right to strike
Five trade unions have co-signed a statement supporting an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill that would end the ban on solidarity strikes (aka “secondary action”).
Secondary action: a briefing for union activists
We’re sharing this briefing, written by rank-and-file activists in the British Medical Assocation (BMA), about the fight for the right to take secondary (solidarity) action.
Unions must fight to stop Labour backsliding on right-to-strike commitments
The government is backtracking on its promise to repeal the 2016 Trade Union Act – now saying that repeal of the crucial 50% turnout threshold for strike ballots will be delayed indefinitely, until after electronic balloting is introduced.
Employment Rights Bill: what’s the latest, what should we be fighting for?
Join us at 6pm on 12 December for an online briefing and discussion on the Labour government’s Employment Rights Bill, with Maria Exall and Gregor Gall.
Labour’s plans for repealing (some) anti-union laws
The new government’s Employment Rights Bill will make some significant changes to anti-union laws. But it will also leave many on the statute books.
Labour’s Employment Rights Bill
Labour says its Employment Rights Bill will be “the biggest overhaul in workers’ rights for a generation”, but ensures the bosses it is “pro-business” as well as “pro-worker”. Read the bill here; Free Our Unions will carry analysis and responses in the coming days and weeks.
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