TUC general secretary owns Tory cabinet office minister in row on strike action
Frances O’Grady, TUC general secretary, debated strike action with Cabinet Office minister Brendan Clarke-Smith – and delivered a sound thrashing.
Watch:
I was live-tweeting while this was going on:
#BrendanClarkeSmith says he appreciates the right to strike but "you've got to bring people with you" and he doesn't think people are.
I've got news for you, Brendan: OH YES WE ARE with people who are striking for better wages and conditions!
It could be us soon. #PoliticsLive
— Mike Sivier (@MidWalesMike) October 4, 2022
Report in the #FT today says #JacobReesMogg is planning to axe many #workersrights – and #BrendanClarkeSmith cannot categorically deny it. #PoliticsLive
— Mike Sivier (@MidWalesMike) October 4, 2022
The government is putting money into areas that are unnecessary, says #BrendanClarkeSmith. Yes, we've seen that: Dido Harding's Test and Trace cost £37bn; hundreds of billions went into Covid-related jobs for Tory friends and donors who couldn't do those jobs. #PoliticsLive
— Mike Sivier (@MidWalesMike) October 4, 2022
Reading between the lines of the discussion, it seems the Tory government isn’t planning to outlaw strike action – but simply aims to make it irrelevant by bringing in scab workers (probably people who are struggling to make ends meet because of depressed wages and benefits).
This would be extremely provocative and I can see working people being forced to take increasingly stronger action against any government that does this.
It seems Liz Truss is intending, deliberately and with malice aforethought, to provoke civil unrest in the United Kingdom.
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The “Scab” workers will be pooled from those on UC that are “Not Working Hard Enough”
That was my impression.