follow it. the legislation will bring us in line with modern european countries like france, spain and italy and germany, each of whom already have these types of rules in place. even the guardians of workers rights around the world, the international labour organisation, to whom the tuc subscribe say that minimum service levels are a proportionate way of balancing the right to strike with the need to protect the wider public because the first job the need to protect the wider public because the firstjob of the need to protect the wider public because the first job of any government is to keep the public safe and unlike other countries we are not proposing banning those strikes, but we do need to know that unions will be held to account. the members of the opposition to reject minimum safety levels will need to explain to their constituents that white is if you had a heart attack, a stroke or life threatening illness on a strike day there are no minimum
The measures outlined by Shapps are part of the turn in the ruling class internationally to authoritarian forms of rule, which has seen the outright banning of critical strikes.
generation. thousands of people joining picket lines. more than 1 million working days lost. now, the government wants to limit striking workers are powered by forcing them to deliver a minimum level of service in key public services during industrial action. there has to be during industrial action. there has to be a during industrial action. there has to be a minimum - during industrial action. there has to be a minimum safety . has to be a minimum safety level that people can expect even on instructors, particularly in areas like healthcare, making sure an ambulance can turn up, for example. that is very patchwork at the moment. other modern european economies all have minimum safety levels. under the new law. minimum safety levels. under the new law, which minimum safety levels. under the new law, which the - the new law, which the government brings to parliament in the next few weeks, unions can be sued if they do not provide minimum level of service of fire, ambulance and
alex forsyth, has the story. pickets and placards have become a familiar sight as a wave of strikes has swept the country. hospitals, railways airports and universities all among the areas affected by industrial unrest. now the government plans to make some set is keep a minimum level of service when they strike in future. ~ ., service when they strike in future. ~ . ., future. we are saying that there has future. we are saying that there has to future. we are saying that there has to be future. we are saying that there has to be a - future. we are saying that| there has to be a minimum safety level that people can expect even on strike days particularly in areas like healthcare, taking sure an ambulance can turn up, for example. that is quite patchwork at the moment. other modern european economies all have minimum safety levels. in have minimum safety levels. in birmingham, the impact of current strikes by the train drivers union was obvious with stations closed and tracks empt