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How closely involved is the government in the rail dispute? And will the @uklabour leadership’s ‘no picket line’ policy backfire with the unions? More on @BBCr4today and @bbc5live between 630 and 7 this morning
So how involved are govt? This is what one of the recently-signed contracts between the Dept of Transport and a train operating company says about industrial action: ‘the Operator’s handling of such industrial action will be subject always to the secretary of state’s direction’
And ‘during the contract term the Operator shall not…enter into any new Employment Agreements..without the prior written consent of the Secretary of State’
