The Labour-led Welsh government is to introduce a bill on Monday that aims to reverse the impact of the UK government’s controversial Trade Union Act. If the bill becomes law, key restrictions on public-sector trade unions on the Welsh side of the border will be reversed. We are not prepared to let the Trade Union Act undermine the approach we have built on this side of the border. “This hugely important bill is about protecting the ability of unions, employers and the Welsh government to work in partnership in devolved Welsh public services,” he said. Without this bill, the UK Trade Union Act would turn back the clock on devolution and threaten to undermine our existing social partnership approach.”

Source: The Guardian January 16, 2017 00:01 UTC