THE entire trade union movement will rally behind any worker who is sacked under new laws to stop effective strikes, TUC leader Paul Nowak warns in a new year message today.

New regulations enforcing minimum service levels during industrial action will be introduced in railways and the Border Force before being more widely rolled out.

Tory ministers introduced the laws after hundreds of thousands of workers including nurses, teachers, junior doctors, civil servants and train drivers took part in a wave of strike action sparked by soaring inflation and stagnating pay.