
Keir Starmer pledges to repeal anti-strikes bill
Labour leader makes promises on workers’ rights to GMB union Congress

Labour leader makes promises on workers’ rights to GMB union Congress

The union has won more impressive pay rises and improved conditions for members in recent weeks

‘For a member of the London Assembly to accuse public transport workers who keep our capital moving today and during Covid of being “skivers” is reprehensible’

‘They’re trying to clamp down on any dissent, and I think that’s a very troubling state’

‘Everyone should be safe to be themselves at work’

‘Industrial action will become more entrenched and very bitter’

‘It’s time for them to act like the grown-ups in the room’

Sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse at work is going unreported

“This dispute isn’t about affordability, it’s about choices”

Staff are ‘fed up’ and at the ‘end of their tether’ in a pay dispute going back to 2021