TUC welcomes U-turn after government drops law letting police spy on unions

Wednesday 08 Jun 2016 @ 15:05
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The TUC has yesterday (Tuesday) welcomed the news that ministers are to drop controversial plans to allow police and intelligence agencies spy on union activity.

TUC Deputy General Secretary Paul Nowak said:

“We are pleased these proposals have been dropped, following a sustained campaign by unions and opposition MPs.

“State-sponsored surveillance of trade unions has no role in a modern democracy like ours.

“We have seen at first hand with union blacklisting how human rights can be abused and lives wrecked when authorities start amassing details on unions and their members.”

NOTES TO EDITORS:

The change in policy was made during the House of Commons Committee stage debate of the Investigatory Powers Bill on 6 June.
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