Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford has launched a scathing attack on UK Government plans to scrap a law made in Wales on how trade unions operate in Welsh public services. The law, brought in five years ago, banned employers from bringing in agency staff to replace striking public sector workers.
Mr Drakeford described the UK Government's plans as "nonsense" and an attempt to distract from their own incompetence. A union leader called it an attack on workers' rights and Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth said it was proof that the UK Government wanted to undermine devolution.
The UK Government's plan would see it repeal the Trade Union Act (Wales) 2017, which applies to devolved Welsh public bodies and to trade unions in public services delivered by devolved Welsh public bodies including the Welsh NHS, local authorities, schools, fire services and Welsh Government sponsored bodies in Wales. It says it wants trade union legislation to "apply equally across Great Britain".
