Roseanna Cunningham attacks UK strike law plan
The Conservative government’s controversial trade union bill would that mean a simple majority vote for a strike in the public sector would no longer make such action legal, with 40 per cent of those eligible to vote having to back it instead.
Ms Cunningham, speaking at Westminster’s trade union bill committee yesterday, to examine the legislation, said that she “would prefer it if the bill did not apply to Scotland”.
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Hide AdThe SNP minister said the Scottish Government had a “different relationship” with unions to Westminster and suggested that the UK-wide restrictions would impact on key devolved policy areas like health and education.