Stop ignoring sensible proposals to increase turnout, says TUC

Commenting on the strike today (Thursday) by public sector workers TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “Today’s well supported action shows just how angry public servants are at plans to lock them out of sharing in the recovery until at least 2018. Nearly half a million local government workers are paid less than the living wage – it is time that they shared in the growth that ministers trumpet.

“But rather than get round the table, ministers are threatening a change in the law that would make legal strikes close to impossible. Instead of imposing a ballot threshold that not a single MP met in the last election, politicians should stop ignoring sensible proposals to increase secret ballot turnouts at the workplace and online.

”It is hard to see how an offer to depress living standards for the foreseeable future and stop people doing anything about it will win votes at the next election.”

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