Poll: Should workers be able to strike?
The Conservatives are pledging to legislate to make it more difficult for trade unions to strike if they are returned to power in next year's general election.
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The party's election manifesto will include a commitment that at least half the eligible union members must actually vote in a strike ballot for it to be lawful.
The law would also be changed to end "rolling mandates" for industrial action - with a firm, three-month limit on the mandate for action after a ballot is held.
