Berwick MP and Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan's plan to minimise the impact of train strikes has been criticised as 'unworkable' by trade unions.
Before her resignation, former Prime Minister Liz Truss announced the Government is pressing ahead with the new law to introduce minimum service levels during strikes.
Under the proposed law, a certain amount of train services would have to run during strike periods and a number of 'specified' staff would have to work. If unions flouted the law and allowed those specified staff to strike, they could lose their legal protection from sanctions like automatic dismissal.
