Leeds pledges no “work notices”
At the Yorkshire and Humber TUC conference on 16-17 March, Leeds City Council leader James Lewis said his council would never use the Tories’ Minimum Service Act, which lets the government set “minimum service” levels in various sectors and then employers issue “work notices” to oblige named workers to break strikes to deliver those levels. There will be a formal vote on this at a full council meeting on 20 March, though the wording looks unclear. On 9 December 2023 Lewis joined with several other Labour council leaders and mayors to declare : “We will work with trades unions and employers to...