 annual conference, which gets underway on Saturday. It states that the TUC must use 'all means necessary' to defeat the 'unjust' new laws, including legally challenging the legislation. It says: 'Congress agrees that we have no choice but to build mass opposition to the [minimum service level] laws, up to and including a strategy of non-compliance and non-cooperation to make them unworkable, including industrial action.' The motion calls on the TUC to organise a 'special congress' to 'explore options for non-compliance and resistance' and mobilise support for any union whose members are sanctioned for refusing to abide by the new rules. It is backed by the UK's largest public service union, Unison, a){kind=link}
Organisations are planning to ‘explore options for non-compliance and resistance’ to avoid instructing their members to cross picket lines
Trade unions are threatening to flout new laws that would ensure minimum service levels during strikes.
Organisations representing more than two million rail workers, teachers and other public service staff are planning to “explore options for non-compliance and resistance” to avoid having to instruct their members to cross picket lines.
Ministers have introduced new legislation to enforce a basic degree of coverage during strikes across key public sectors.
It means employers will be able to dismiss staff who refuse to turn up to work when ordered to, while unions failing to meet minimum levels could face legal action.