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Unions on collision course with the Government over new strike law

Source: PA Archive

Unions have set themselves on a collision course with the Government after vowing to resist a controversial new law to provide minimum levels of service during strikes.

A special TUC conference on Saturday attended by leaders of the country’s biggest trade unions agreed to build “mass opposition” to the regulations.

The Government announced on Friday that the regulations were now in place for the railway industry, Border Force and ambulance service, with the aim of ensuring a minimum level of service during strikes.

The TUC government.

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