Bill would effectively make strikes 'illegal' if they led to services being crippled & unable to function, with workers having to provide a minimum level of service of face the sack.
Tuesday 17th Jan 2023 06:42am
The conservatives yesterday managed to secure a comfortable victory in the first reading of the controversial minimum service level bill on strike action undertaken by Trade Unions in a bid to stop the industrial action undertaken by trade unions from crippling the countries essential services.
The bill, once given royal ascent would lead to workers facing the sack if they failed to return to their duties in order to maintain a minimum basic level of service across services such as the NHS, transport & postal services which the government says is being “crippled” by industrial action & in some cases putting lives at risk.
Whilst its likely to be months before the bill receives royal approval, is likely that the new legislation will go nowhere yet to stopping the increasing number of workers laying down tools in disputes over pay due to rising inflation.
Rail Union Leader Mick Lynch has been considerably vocal over the issue of the government failing to come to the table over pay offers.
The government says its put “reasonable offers” on the table, particularly to those within the NHS, however unions say it goes nowhere near to addressing the issues of some of the NHS's lowest paid workers who in some cases are significantly worse off under the governments proposed pay deal.
Unions are piling pressure on the government to come back to the table with revised pay offers, however the government has hit back claiming that bowing to union demands would only serve to fuel inflation even higher, with pay proposals from trade unions branded “unrealistic”.
Hartlepool's conservative MP Jill Mortimer yesterday voted with the government to support the controversial bill.
In Hartlepool, where the towns seen a number of NHS Ambulance workers as well as postal workers stage industrial action over the Christmas Period & potentially with more strikes to come, the towns Conservative MP yesterday voted in favour of the government proposed minimum service level bill which was seen through parliament by a comfortable majority of around 60 votes.
Just one conservative MP voted against the proposals, with Labour, the SNP & a number of Independents voting against the government.
Labour Leader Keir Starmer hinted he would repeal the law if Labour won the next general election
With just two years potentially to go until the UK is set to go to the polls in a General Election, Labours pledged to repeal the controversial minimum service law if the Labour Party comes to power at No.10, where nationally, support for Sir Keir Starmer's party appears to be increasing as the conservatives pledges over the economy & immigration appear to be floundering as the “good old days” of Boris Johnson now seem to be a thing fo the past, & Rishi Sunak not seemingly resonating with voters as his predecessor did, leading to many suggesting that Mr Sunak will eventually see his party voted out of No.10 in what could be a Labour revival not seen since the Tony Blair era of 1997.
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