FRONTLINE staff will be banned from striking without ensuring some level of service continues.
New laws will stop rail workers, ambulance crews and firefighters walking out en masse and paralysing their sectors.
Strikers will have to ensure some level of service
Unions could be sued if they fail to comply with the anti-strike legislation announced by ministers today.
Business Secretary Grant Shapps said: “As well as protecting the freedom to strike, the Government must also protect life and livelihoods.
“While we hope that voluntary agreements can continue to be made in most cases, introducing minimum safety levels – the minimum levels of service we expect to be provided – will restore the balance between those seeking to strike and protecting the public from disproportionate disruption.”
