Raab argued for, in The Future of Conservatism: Values Revisited, a further round of trade union reform arguing that «Luddite union leaders» block vital reforms needed to boost UK economic competitiveness. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
Former Work and Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has used the occasion to attack his government for «watering down» their agenda on issues from trade union reform to parliamentary sovereignty. (politics.co.uk)
And even the remaining super unions are bound by ever - tighter legislation as a result of successive trade union reforms — not least the undemocratic Trade Union Bill currently going through Parliament. (danjarvis.org)