Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has slammed the government's plans to curb the right to strike, telling Andrew Marr the planned law is 'poisonous'
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has slammed government plans to restrict workers' rights to go on strike as "poisonous" and "highly objectionable".Speaking on Tonight with Andrew Marr after the bill was published on Tuesday, Lord Kinnock condemned the new legislation and questioned whether it would ever get past legal challenges.
"They've got to get it through the House of Lords, certainly the House of Commons too because they will be Conservative MPs that will have doubts about this." "But I don't think we should ever see full implementation. And certainly, if the penalties involved were to end up with people being dismissed for taking strike action, making themselves open to injunctions against strike action, or indeed end up in jail for contempt of court."
The proposed law would mean areas including the NHS, education, fire and rescue, border security and nuclear decommissioning would have to introduce minimum levels of service during strikes to provide a ‘safety net’ to the public.
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