Great Britain: government threatens to regulate the right to strike if industrial action increases

Cable said: ‘We are undoubtedly entering a difficult period [of austerity and public spending cuts]. Cool heads will be required all round. Despite occasional blips, I know that strike levels remain historically low, especially in the private sector.  On that basis, and assuming this pattern continues, the case for changing strike law is not compelling. However, should the position change, and should strikes impose serious damage to our economic and social fabric, the pressure on us to act would ratchet up. That is something which both you, and certainly I, would wish to avoid’.