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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Sunak’s anti-union laws would make UK ‘international outlier’, lawyers say

Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak: the law experts urged him to enshrine cooperation, collective bargaining and the right to strike. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak’s new anti-trade union legislation would make the UK one of the most difficult countries in the democratic world in which to go on strike and may breach treaty obligations, a group of top employment lawyers have said.

The 10 academic experts in employment law said the proposed laws to enforce “minimum service levels” in sectors such as health, transport and schools would make the UK an “international outlier” among comparable countries.

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