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The Houthis wont stand down after the strikes, experts told Newsweek. Instead, the retaliatory attack is likely to escalate the situation.

The problem with public-service strikes is that they are designed to cause maximum disruption to ordinary people, writes David Knight.

Unions will rally behind any worker who is sacked under new regulations, says TUC general secretary.

Perhaps the most significant sentence in the resolution passed is a commitment that unions will “refuse to tell [their] members to cross a picket line.”

The anti-strike laws were proposed amid a mass strike wave encompassing workers in the National Health Service, education, the civil service, Royal Mail and on the rail. Almost all these strikes have been sold out prior to the imposition of the new legislation.

There have been more developments in the trade union world since our last trade union round-up just a few months ago, none of which are likely to be particularly welcome by trade...

Perhaps the most significant sentence in the resolution passed is a commitment that unions will “refuse to tell [their] members to cross a picket line.”

Paul Nowak calls new law ‘spiteful’ and says TUC will defend any worker who exercises their right to strike

Rishi Sunak’s “spiteful” new anti-strike laws have created a “galvanising moment” for the UK’s trade union movement, the TUC general secretary has said.…