Joint Letter to the BEIS Secretary: Protect the Right to Strike

We believe the proposals for minimum service levels during industrial action will unfairly constrain the activities of trade unions and their members by allowing a further significant and unjustified intrusion by the state into the freedom of association and assembly. The government has produced no evidence that such draconian measures are necessary. Voluntary life-and-limb cover has long been a feature of industrial action by essential workers. We urge the Secretary to reconsider these plans for an unwarranted curtailment of freedom of assembly and association.

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