Commenting on the Department for Transport’s announcement today (Sunday) that legislation to restrict the right to strike in the transport sector will be shortly, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“These proposals will undermine the right to strike. And this is an attempt to stop transport workers taking action for better pay and conditions.

“The Transport Secretary should stop blocking negotiations so rail employers and unions can reach an agreement in the current dispute.

“But instead Truss and her ministers want to make it harder for workers to win better pay and conditions. It’s a cynical distraction from their own failings.

“The changes are unfair, unworkable and incompatible with our international commitments. Trade unions will oppose them every step of the way.”