British unions mount court challenge on hiring of agency staff to cover striking workers
National Health Service staff plan further industrial action. Photo: Guy Smallman/Getty Images — © Getty Images
Sam Tobin
Thirteen British trade unions told London’s High Court yesterday that the British government is breaching union rights over regulations allowing companies to hire agency staff to fill in for striking workers.
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