The government has published the results of a consultation over which public sector services and workers should be covered by proposals within the Trade Union Bill, which is currently passing through Parliament.
The Bill proposes a 40 per cent threshold for industrial action ballots in “important public services”, including education and health.
It would mean that 40 per cent of union members would have to have voted in favour of industrial action before any “disruptive” strikes could go ahead.
However, detail is still not available on exactly which workers could be affected – with ministers deciding to remove a reference in the current draft of the Bill to “ancillary workers being subject to the 40 per cent threshold”.
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