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New anti-trade union law could make it ‘impossible’ for rail workers to strike, RMT leaders warn
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch with MPs Ian Byrne, Caroline Lucas, Nadia Whittome, and Graeme Morris

A NEW anti-trade union law could make it “impossible” for rail workers to carry out meaningful strike action, RMT leaders warned today.

The rail union’s leader Mick Lynch told a rally outside Parliament on Wednesday that the government’s new Transport Strikes Bill amounted to a move to “conscript labour,” but pledged to fight the proposals “all the way.” 

“What we’re facing here in the middle of our dispute is a move by the government and the powers that be in this country to conscript labour,” he said. 

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