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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 June 2025
Debate
Employment Rights BillContribution
A positive right to strike might be relevant to the vexed question of dismissal or detriment imposed for taking industrial action, currently founded on the underlying assumption that industrial action involves repudiatory breach of contract on the worker’s part, justifying termination of the contract. A positive right to strike would surely be relevant in reassessing that equation in the future. Without much hope, I beg to move.
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