Call to end ban on hiring strike-breakers

A thinktank has called for an end to the prohibition on hiring replacement agency workers during industrial action.

The call comes following the BA strike ballot this week, in which 80% of the cabin crew backed industrial action in their row with BA over jobs, pay and working conditions.

Regulation 7 of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 prohibits the introduction or supply by an employment agency of workers to perform the duties normally perfor... (174 more words)

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