Labour dismisses Conservative leadership hopeful’s plan for minimum service levels as unworkable
Liz Truss has promised a further crackdown on trade unions, widening restrictions to a significant new number of industries, but her proposals were immediately criticised as the “biggest attack on civil rights” since the 19th century.
Mick Lynch, general secretary of the RMT said unions would organise mass resistance if the plans went ahead, calling it “the biggest attack on trade union and civil rights since labour unions were legalised in 1871.” Rail services are to be severely disrupted from Wednesday, with thousands of workers at Network Rail and 14 train operators striking. Further rail strikes are expected this summer and thousands of Royal Mail workers have also voted to strike in a dispute over pay, which could be the biggest industrial action of the summer.
Truss has also pledged to raise ballot thresholds from 40% to 50% of employees. The move would potentially make it much harder to strike in smaller workplaces where reaching the threshold would require a very high number in favour if there is not full turnout.
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