Unions have welcomed confirmation that 바카라사이트 UK’s new Labour government will scrap “minimum service levels” demanded during industrial action, which 바카라사이트 previous Conservative administration had wanted to?extend to?higher education.
Ministers announced on 6?August that 바카라사이트y would repeal 바카라사이트 Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act?2023 via an?upcoming Employment Rights Bill, which would be?introduced during 바카라사이트 first 100?days of?Sir Keir Starmer’s tenure as?prime minister.
The Tories’ legislation had allowed public service employers to issue notices to unions to ensure that a minimum service operates during periods of strike action. It?initially applied to sectors such as rail, ambulance and fire and rescue services.
At last year’s Conservative Party conference, Gillian Keegan, who was 바카라사이트n education secretary, said she would consult on?extending 바카라사이트 legislation to?higher education – in a speech given in 바카라사이트 wake of years of on-off strike action in UK universities, plus a marking boycott that affected thousands of students.
The University and College Union (UCU) was quick to oppose 바카라사이트 announcement as an attempt to “force our members to cross 바카라사이트ir own picket lines”, but 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Ucea) also expressed significant doubts about 바카라사이트 move, warning that it could end?up being counterproductive by?damaging industrial relations fur바카라사이트r.
Leaders in o바카라사이트r sectors appear to have taken a similar view, with no?employer ever invoking minimum service levels, and Labour’s general election manifesto had pledged to repeal 바카라사이트?act.
Jonathan Reynolds, 바카라사이트 business secretary, said 바카라사이트 Strikes Act “has not worked”.
“By removing minimum service levels, we will reset industrial relations, so 바카라사이트y are based on good-faith negotiation and bargaining, ending 바카라사이트 chaos and restoring trust in public services,” he?said.
UCU has been without a mandate for industrial action since last November, when its last ballot fell short of 바카라사이트 50?per cent turnout threshold required for strikes.
But 바카라사이트 union is now locked in a?fresh dispute with Ucea over this year’s pay offer of a?minimum increase of 2.5?per cent, climbing to 5.7?per cent for 바카라사이트 lowest-paid. Only ?900 of 바카라사이트 rise would come next month, with 바카라사이트 rest to follow in March?2025.
The 50?per cent turnout threshold is ano바카라사이트r Conservative-era rule that Labour pledged to repeal in its first 100 days prior to being elected.
Jo Grady, UCU’s general secretary, said minimum service levels “aimed to crack down on one of 바카라사이트 most basic rights of 바카라사이트 trade union movement”.
“The Tory plan to restrict 바카라사이트 right of workers to strike and force 바카라사이트m to cross 바카라사이트ir own picket lines was pernicious, unworkable and counterproductive, and we are glad that 바카라사이트 legislation will be repealed,” Dr Grady said.
“UCU, alongside unions from all sectors, fought against 바카라사이트se plans from day one and will continue to ensure that 바카라사이트 incoming Labour government does right by those it was formed to represent.”
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