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This is a bad decision especially when corporates already have huge power and influence
The idea of any anti strike law is silly. So the other side is allowed to hold the workers essentially hostage but they don’t allow the opposite >

Lmao the first strikes weren't legal either, you can't force someone to work.
Just take a page out of the CUPE workers of Ontario. They still walked under threat of a  500,000/day fine to their union and 4000/day to themselves.
Called the government's bluff. >

If they don't then the reasons for having a union pretty much cease to exist and they'd be done.
Fighting against this sort of stuff is existential for unions >

Of course, but even before unions were a thing it's about taking a stand. No deal, no work. If it's so essential pay the people when they are due >


‘anti-strike’ laws

I thought a pillar of workers right in "democracy" was the right to strike. >

Conservatives don't believe in democracy.  They believe in a caste system where only the upper class should have a say in gov't.  Lower class citizens should shut up and get back to work, be grateful for what crumbs the upper class permits you to have. >

In other words - the House of Lords should be the only House. >

Well of course!  They know best.  The plebs should focus on other matters.
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Conservatives: we are “duty bound” to protect the lives and livelihoods of the public.
The wait to see a doctor has been past safe service levels for years, but you don't see Tories fast-tracking legislation to fix that. Only when they are ready to go on strike for higher wages and better working conditions does the Tory party feel any sense of urgency. 
Average wait times have skyrocketed for the last decade under the Tories, but they still get elected.