Conservative ballot proposals will effectively outlaw strike action, says TUC

Responding to today’s (Tuesday) proposals on strike ballots in the Conservative Party manifesto, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“The Conservative plans on industrial action ballots will make it almost impossible for unions to call a legal strike. No other mainstream political party in the democratic world has suggested such a fundamental attack on this basic human right.

“David Cameron has admitted that Britain needs a pay rise, but he wants to stop workers doing anything about it.”

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