Trade Union Bill: Key public sector workers face ban on striking even when a majority votes to take action

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‘Nurses, teachers and train drivers could find themselves banned from striking even if a majority of workers vote to take industrial action, as part of a widescale crackdown on union power to be unveiled by the Government.

Under new legislation to be introduced in the Commons, strikes by key public-sector workers will be deemed illegal unless they are supported by at least 40 per cent of all of those eligible to vote.

The move, which has been condemned by unions, means that any worker who abstains in a strike vote or forgets to return their ballot paper will effectively be deemed to be opposing the move.’

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