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The Conservative government has submitted a bill in the Parliament that can seriously impede trade union rights in the public sector, first and foremost making it nearly impossible to take industrial action. The draft law intents to change the way trade union members are balloted over industrial action. Instead of counting all votes cast against and in favour, the bill sets out a policy in vital services to count abstentions and uncast votes as opposed to industrial action; the list of vital public services currently includes nurses, teachers, train drivers, border force staff, fire fighters and workers in nuclear decommissioning. In non-vital public services, a 50% turnout threshold is introduced. Furthermore, the law would limit any industrial action to a four month time period, after which a new ballot would be required, and the ballot needs to include a clear description of both the dispute and the planned actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.independent.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002Fuk\u002Fpolitics\u002Fkey-public-sector-workers-face-ban-on-striking-even-when-a-majority-votes-to-take-action-10389242.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.independent.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002Fuk\u002Fpolitics\u002Fkey-public-sector-workers-face-ban … \u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.independent.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002Fuk\u002Fpolitics\u002Ftrade-union-strike-law-reforms-qa-what-are-the-tories-proposing-10390212.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.independent.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002Fuk\u002Fpolitics\u002Ftrade-union-strike-law-reforms-qa … \u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. For previous issues of the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">Collective bargaining newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> please visit \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">, and on the AIAS at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cdiv id=\"viewlet-below-content-body\">\n\u003Cdiv class=\"documentActions\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]