Three things you need to know about the anti-strike bill

The UK is seeing record levels of strike action as ambulance workers, nurses, transport workers and teachers take a stand against the crisis in our public services. Yet, rather than engaging with the people who keep our country running, or finding solutions to staffing shortages and waiting lists, the government is intent on punishing frontline workers when they speak out. UNISON believes that the new anti-strike bill, named the Minimum Service Levels Bill, is a full-frontal attack on working people and the trade unions they organise within. It seeks to drastically curtail labour rights in the UK and encourages employers to sack the very people on whose hard work and goodwill our public services depend. General secretary Christina McAnea said: “UNISON members want the government to focus its efforts on fixing the pay crisis and solving the legitimate disputes that have led to recent strike action. Only then will the crises in our public services start to be solved. “Instead, the government is attacking workers and making it even harder for them to win fair pay.” Here are the three things all UNISON members need to know about this new legislation, which begins its journey through parliament today (16 January): Minimum service levels  The bill will grant the government powers to set ‘minimum service levels’ for six key public services: health; fire and rescue; education; transport; decommissioning of nuclear installations and management of radioactive waste a...
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