Academics condemn Government’s trade union bill
Over 100 leading UK academics in the field of employment and industrial relations have today published a letter expressing concern over what they call “the draconian provisions of the Trade Union Bill which will amount to the most sustained attack on trade union and workers’ rights since the Combination Laws of the early 19th century”.
You can see the text of the letter and the full list of signatories here. You may recognise a family name in the media release and at the head of the list of signatures – it is, of course, my brother. As someone who was a full-time national trade union official for 24 years, I condemn the Government’s blatantly ideological attack on trade unions.