UK Lawmakers Approve Plan to Allow Agency Workers to Replace Strikers

RMT union members stand on the picket line outside Glasgow Central Station, in Scotland, on June 21, 2022. PA Media

Britain’s House of Commons has approved the government’s plan to ease strike disruptions by allowing businesses to supply agency workers to plug staffing gaps during industrial action.

MPs voted 289 to 202 on July 11 in favour of removing the restrictions on businesses supplying temporary agency workers to cover striking staff.