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The Times & The Sunday Times

Empowering unions will stifle growth, businesses warn Keir Starmer

The Times & The Sunday Times
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65% Informative

Companies will be forced to recognise and negotiate with unions even if only a minority of staff are members or back the move.

Unions would be given a new “right to access’s workplaces to allow them to recruit and organise members.

Plans have led to a backlash from employers and business groups who have warned that it could lead to firms being held to ransom” by small groups of activists.

At the end of the day , it’s staff who should be able to decide if they are represented by a union not their employer or the business lobby.” A government spokesman said: “Far from supporting the economy, the strike legislation we inherited didn’t prevent strikes — we lost more days to strikes than France since the Trade Union Act was introduced. “Instead, by supporting workplace rights fit for a modern economy our plans will support growth and allow us to move on from strikes to deliver the change this country needs.”.

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72

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73

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37

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

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not offensive

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short-lived

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