Great Britain: Confederation of British Industry presents concrete proposals to limit the right to strike

The rationale for the CBI’s proposals is three-fold. First, industrial action could jeopardise the fragile economic recovery. Second, only 15% of workers in the private sector are union members. And, third, as strike action has become increasingly rare, public attitudes towards disruption caused by strikes have hardened, with their being an expectation that services will continue even if there are industrial disputes.
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The rationale for the CBI’s proposals is three-fold. First, industrial action could jeopardise the fragile economic recovery. Second, only 15% of workers in the private sector are union members. And, third, as strike action has become increasingly rare, public attitudes towards disruption caused by strikes have hardened, with their being an expectation that services will continue even if there are industrial disputes.

Thus, under its proposals

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