[QUOTE]The Conservative Party says it will make it harder to call strikes in certain "core" public services if it wins the general election.
Under the plans, a strike affecting health, transport, fire services or schools would need the backing of 40% of eligible union members.
Currently, a strike is valid if backed by a simple majority of those balloted.
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And GMB general secretary Paul Kenny said: "Only 16 out of 650 elected Members of Parliament secured the support of 40% of those entitled to vote in their parliamentary constituency area election in 2010.
"Only 15 Tory MPs out of 303 secured that level of support. They had no hesitation in forming a government in 2010 without securing 40% support from the electorate."[/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30747185]BBC[/URL]
About time and I hope this includes binmen
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