Trade Unions Agree on Non-Compliance Against New Strike Law

Trade Unions Congress has labelled the legislation “draconian” and argued it affected the workers’ ability to organise and defend their rights.

The new General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, Paul Nowak, pictured outside the TUC's office in London, England, on Dec. 21, 2022. PA

UK trade unions have agreed to adopt a non-compliance strategy to make the government’s strike legislation “unworkable.”

Delegates at the Trade Union Congress (TUC), which represents more than five million workers across the UK economy, have agreed to build mass opposition to the Minimum Service Levels Act (MSL).