UK Anti-Strike Laws May Be Challenged Under European Rights Law, Say Lawyers

UK Anti-Strike Laws May Be Challenged Under European Rights Law, Say Lawyers
People stand on a picket line during a rail workers strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Union (RMT), outside London Euston station in London on Jan. 6, 2023. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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The UK government’s planned legislation to ensure “minimum safety levels” during strikes may be challenged under European human rights law and international labour conventions, employment lawyers have said.

The government said on Thursday that it will introduce a bill in Parliament in the coming weeks to ensure that vital public services will have to maintain a basic function and deliver minimum safety levels during industrial action.