UK Mulls Allowing Agency Workers to Break ‘Marxist’ Union Strikes

UK Mulls Allowing Agency Workers to Break ‘Marxist’ Union Strikes
Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps arrives for the weekly Cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London on May 24, 2022. Leon Neal/Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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The UK government is considering legal changes to allow agency workers to replace striking staff in a move to guard the public against disruption caused by unions led by “Marxists,” according to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.

The move would reverse a legal restriction introduced under former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair that prevents employers from hiring agency workers to cover for striking staff and would apply to all sectors.