Unions furious at Tory anti-strike law pledge (conservatives in the UK hate unions too)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11337216/Unions-furious-at-Tory-anti-strike-law-pledge.html

Unions furious at Tory anti-strike law pledge

Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, provokes a row with the TUC's Frances O'Grady, as the CBI and other business leaders welcome the election pledge to ban strikes with low ballot turnouts.

Video Patrick McLoughlin: Strike action 'needs more participation' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/article11337448.ece#ooid=pqcWdwcjoRkXkGxd1_7vMQWpu35vi6YQ


By Tim Ross, and Steven Swinford10:25AM GMT 10 Jan 2015

The Conservatives provoked a major row with the trade unions over sweeping plans to ban them from taking strike action without the support of at least 40 per cent of their members.

In an article for The Telegraph, Patrick McLoughlin, announced the proposed crackdown on industrial action, which will be included in the Tory election manifesto, in order to stop union bosses holding Britain “to ransom”.

He said that of the 102 strike ballots held since 2010, nearly two-thirds failed to attract even half of the workforce. In some cases, strikes have gone ahead with the support of as few as one in 10 workers.

The CBI business organisation welcomed the proposed reforms. But the Trade Unions Congress denounced the plan as a “democratic outrage” while the GMB union said the Conservatives formed a government with less than 40 per cent of the vote at the last election.

FULL story at link.

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1. I read that Tories plan to withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights if

they win the election this year. They are just chock full of great ideas. I guess they don't call themselves conservatives for nothing.

Tories plan to withdraw UK from European convention on human rights

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/03/tories-plan-uk-withdrawal-european-convention-on-human-rights