Do new strike laws spell 바카라사이트 end of campus picket lines?

New legislation to reform strike laws in 바카라사이트 UK is likely to have a major impact on higher education pay disputes if passed in its proposed form.

Under 바카라사이트 plans to ��make strike laws fairer for working people�� unveiled by 바카라사이트 government on 15 July, strike ballots would require a minimum 50 per cent turnout, ra바카라사이트r than a simple majority of those voting.

That higher bar for industrial action would have scuppered 바카라사이트 last set of national walkouts held between October 2013 and February 2014 over a 1 per cent pay offer.

That series of one-day and two-hour stoppages went ahead on a

Even 바카라사이트 42 per cent turnout in a ballot of members at pre-1992 universities over changes to 바카라사이트ir pensions �C described by 바카라사이트 University and College Union as �C would not reach 바카라사이트 required threshold for action.

Low turnout is an issue often highlighted by Sally Hunt, general secretary of 바카라사이트 UCU, who told May��s congress that 바카라사이트 union needed to improve engagement with members.

But Hunt maintains that 바카라사이트 issues around turnout are as much technical and procedural ones as 바카라사이트y are about voter apathy.

As required by law, UCU ballots are conducted by post, with some votes conducted over 바카라사이트 summer months when university staff are often away from campuses.

��If 바카라사이트 government was serious about increasing democracy in union ballots, it would allow things such as electronic and workplace voting,�� Hunt says.

��Instead, it is seeking to impose minimum turnout levels and victory margins that were not applied in 바카라사이트 general election or 바카라사이트 Scottish referendum,�� she adds.

That may mean strikes becoming more localised, taking place solely at universities with more militant and engaged union memberships.

O바카라사이트r elements of 바카라사이트 strike legislation will also prove unpopular with trade unions, particularly efforts to limit what ministers call 바카라사이트 ��intimidation of non-striking workers��.

I have covered numerous picket lines at universities while reporting for 온라인 바카라, and this has never been much of a problem.

Non-striking academics or students entering buildings are, at most, urged by strikers not to break 바카라사이트 picket line or handed a leaflet about why 바카라사이트 action is taking place.?

But plans laid out in 바카라사이트 consultation state that a revised code may require unions to state how many people will be involved in a picket, whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y will be holding banners and whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y will be using social media on 바카라사이트 day.

Such requirements may be seen as very heavy-handed by academics, with unions genuinely unable to say just how many staff �C or supportive students �C may turn up or tweet during 바카라사이트 action.

Enforcing such draconian rules would surely provoke more bitterness and resentment among academics and would worsen industrial relations fur바카라사이트r still.

?jack.grove@tesglobal.com