Last year, the UK Conservative government passed a law allowing companies to use agency staff to cover for striking workers.
The UK courts have ruled today that the law was…well, I think the judge put it best.
” However, the high court judgment said that Kwarteng showed little interest in evidence or consultation and “his approach was … so unfair as to be unlawful and, indeed, irrational”.
It also said that Kwarteng committed to changing regulations when “the advice to him was that it would be of negligible short-term benefit and probably be counterproductive”. “
Hey. Hey. Anti-union right wing government? Go fuck yourself.
Edit for source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/13/strikers-agency-workers-high-court-verdict