Liz Truss has pledged to do 'everything in her power' to ensure 'militant action' from trade unions can no longer 'paralyse' the economy
Liz Truss has announced a series of measures aimed at preventing trade unions from causing disruption.Liz Truss has pledged to do "everything in her power" to ensure "militant action" from trade unions can no longer "paralyse" the economy if she wins the Tory leadership contest.The Tory leadership frontrunner announced a series of measures aimed at preventing trade unions from causing disruption across rail networks as well as other national services.
If she becomes PM at the beginning of September, Ms Truss said her government would introduce legislation in the first 30 days of Parliament to guarantee a minimum level of service on vital national infrastructure.She would also ensure strike action has significant support from union members by raising the minimum threshold for voting in favour of strike action from 40 to 50 per cent.
Ms Truss' rival - Rishi Sunak - has also said that he would crack down on unions if he wins the leadership competition, stating that he will stop "unions holding working people to ransom".
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