UK to Tighten Rules on Industrial Action to Stop ‘Unacceptable’ Strike Disruptions

UK to Tighten Rules on Industrial Action to Stop ‘Unacceptable’ Strike Disruptions
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng visit Berkeley Modular, in Northfleet, England, on Sept. 23, 2022. Dylan Martinez/WPA Pool/Getty Images
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The UK government will tighten rules on industrial action to curb “unacceptable” strike disruptions, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has said.

Amid a wave of industrial action by hundreds of thousands of workers in multiple sectors, Kwarteng told the House of Commons, “At such a critical time for our economy, it is simply unacceptable that strike action is disrupting so many lives.”