Liz Saville Roberts says the devolution of employment law is needed to protect Welsh workers’ rights from “relentless Westminster attacks”.

Plaid Cymru Westminster leader, is calling for Westminster’s “bullyboy” anti-strike legislation to stop and is urging the Labour Party to support devolving employment law in Wales.

The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, which seeks to curb workers’ right to take industrial action, will have its second reading in the House of Commons today.

Ms Saville Roberts has described the proposed legislation as an “authoritarian attack” on the right to strike and accused Rishi Sunak of using it to distract from “the daily disruption to public services caused by his own party’s butchering of budgets”.

Along with the Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru have tabled a reasoned amendment which declines to give a second reading to the Bill, saying that it is in possible breach of ECHR Article 11 on the freedom of assembly and association, and appears to be incompatible with ILO (International Labour Organization) standards.

Vital

The Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP said that the devolution of employment law was vital to protect Welsh workers’ rights, and urged the Labour party to support Plaid Cymru and the SNP’s amendment.

“Nobody wants to see strikes happen, least of all the workers who lose a day’s pay,” she said.

“The strikes from nurses and ambulance workers are a last resort from over-worked staff who are worried that patient safety is suffering due...

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