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Alan Jones

Unison to challenge new law on replacing striking workers with agency staff

Unison is to mount a legal challenge to a new law allowing agency staff to replace strikers (Jane Barlow/PA) (Picture: PA)

A leading trade union is to mount a legal challenge to a controversial new law allowing employers to use agency staff to replace striking workers during industrial disputes.

Unison said it plans to take the Government to court over changes to the law which came into force on Thursday amid a wave of strikes in recent months by workers, including those in the railway industry.

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