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RMT's parliamentary chairman says ‘all means necessary’ must be explored to oppose anti-strike bill
Labour MP Ian Mearns addresses the RMT conference [Julian Brown]

“ALL means necessary” must be explored in opposing the government’s anti-strike Bill, RMT parliamentary group chairman Ian Mearns told union delegates in Bournemouth today.

The Labour MP lambasted the Conservative government over its minimum services legislation, which proposes to render effective strike action unlawful and severely undermine the ability of workers to win better pay and conditions industrially. 

He told the union’s AGM: “While Labour is committed to repeal the legislation, we cannot, of course, wait for that.

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