PCS members at their conference
[Andy Aitchison]
THE Tory government’s “scary and draconian” attacks on working-class power and the right to strike were slammed by civil servants today.
Delegates meeting in Brighton for the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union’s 2023 conference unanimously backed a series of motions which demanded an end to “hostile legislation which is shackling trade unions.”
The damning intervention came just days after Tory MPs rejected House of Lords amendments to the widely condemned Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, paving the way for the legislation to soon become law.
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP