UK

RMT UNION LEADER Mick Lynch: Truss making it 'impossible' for unions to exist

Sep 25, 2022
Sky News

Mick Lynch, the general secretary of the RMT union, has warned that the UK could soon be as oppressive as China and Russia in stamping out union activity. He told Sophy Ridge that proposed laws restricting unions would make it impossible for workers to take industrial action. He said: "We're far getting to a situation where we're going to have laws that are as oppressive as those that exist in Russia and China. "They're trying to make it impossible for trade unions to exist in this country. "They're trying to make it impossible for the people of this country to campaign against poverty....They're trying to regulate unions."

Unison: General strike 'not impossible'

Sep 25, 2022
Sky News
Christina McAnea, general secretary of Unison, has warned that co-ordinated strikes are likely this winter. She said action was possible across several sectors. Ms McAnea said the mini-budget showed that the Conservative government wanted "ordinary people" to pay for the cost of living crisis.