I am sorry to intervene again but the Minister is simply wrong in this matter. As she mentioned, the ILO labour guidelines as set out in Chapter V define essential services. They talk about not just the prohibition on strikes but the limiting of strikes. It is simply not possible to argue that a 40% threshold is not a limit on the right to strike. The Minister may say that it is a legitimate limit but it is definitely a limit on the right to strike.
Trade Union Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Oates
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 8 February 2016.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Trade Union Bill.
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