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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Train operators and union leaders criticise draft UK strike laws

A Greater Anglia class 720 Aventra electric train on the West Coast Main Line alongside the Oxford Canal at Ansty, Warwickshire
Jamie Burles, the managing director of Greater Anglia, said ‘one of the unintended consequences would be further stress’ on industrial relations. Photograph: Colin Underhill/Alamy

Plans for minimum service levels during rail strikes could worsen industrial relations and outcomes for passengers, train operators have told MPs, while unions said the proposed laws were a “recipe for disaster”.

Legislation that would force some staff to work during strikes is going through parliament, sponsored by the business secretary, Grant Shapps.

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