It's May Day and Tory strikes act is a paper tiger set to fail

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A LONG, long time ago, Mick Jagger, lead singer of the Rolling Stones, sang: “You can’t always get what you want/But if you try sometimes, well,…

A LONG, long time ago, Mick Jagger, lead singer of the Rolling Stones, sang: “You can’t always get what you want/But if you try sometimes, well, you just might find/You get what you need”.

Along with “stop the boats”, deportations to Rwanda, the “war on wokery”, and now attacks on those suffering from mental health illnesses, in order to try to shore up their declining electoral base, the Conservatives have sought to create a “ So the Strikes Act 2023 has not been the Tories’ expected silver bullet to shoot the unions down with – at least not on the railways. What’s the situation outside the railways?

In Scotland, the Scottish Government has repeatedly stated it will not issue work notices to its own employees should they take strike action, and it will not seek to compel other public-sector employers in Scotland to issue the notices either.The Strikes Act is turning out to be a dead duck, dead letter or Pyrrhic victory – take your pick. The Tories are on the way out. But Keir Starmer and Labour will need to do a lot more than quickly repealing the legislation.

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