Both Conservative leadership candidates have vowed to limit trade unions’ ability to stage industrial actions amid waves of strikes across rail, postal, and other industries over pay.
It comes as members of two trade unions at 14 train operators are about to strike on Wednesday, with further service-crippling rail strikes announced for August.
Liz Truss on Tuesday said it’s “completely wrong” that passengers are “being held ransom by militant unions.”
The foreign secretary said on Monday night that if she becomes the prime minister, she would introduce legislation within 30 days to require a minimum level of service on vital national infrastructure….