The law came into effect earlier month but lawyers acting for the unions say it breaches agreements that commit the UK to upholding international labour standards.
Unions have launched a legal challenge over a new law which allows businesses to hire agency workers to replace strikers.
The government is being challenged by 12 trade unions - Unite, Usdaw, BFAWU, UCU, RMT, Aslef, FDA, NEU, PCS, POA, Balpa and the GMB. The new law came into force earlier this month, with the UK facing increased industrial unrest from a range of sectors as pay fails to keep up with rampant inflation. Thompsons Solicitors, acting for the unions, wrote to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng claiming the new law violates Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement.
These agreements cover a country's responsibility to protect the right to collective bargaining and to follow international labour standards.Richard Arthur, head of trade union law at Thompsons Solicitors, said:"The Conservatives won the 2019 general election on the promise of raising standards in workers' rights, and 'levelling up'.
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