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20
October 2010
A report published last
week has shown that only 38 MPs would have been able to take
up their seats under similar voting restrictions on union
ballots called for by the business lobby.
London Mayor Boris Johnson
called for the law to be changed to make it even harder for
unions to take industrial action by implementing a 50% threshold
of union members who would need to vote in favour of strike
action before it could go ahead. This is even higher than
the 40% threshold called for by the CBI.
Research by John McDonnell
MP shows that if the same voting criteria is applied to general
elections with each MP needing 40% support from the electorate
in order to win, only 38 MPs would be left in the House.
John McDonnell said "MPs
and the Mayor of London should not require trade unions to
pass a greater democratic test than they themselves have achieved.
All trade unions want is to be treated fairly and to have
their members' democratic decisions respected."
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