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Jan 23, 2023 · A second Employment Act restricted what counts as a “trade dispute”, effectively outlawing secondary, or “sympathy” strike action. Unions could no longer ballot in support of each other ...
- Steven Daniels
Sep 21, 2021 · In late 1978, strikes began again as trade unions demanded pay rises which the government was unable to give whilst simultaneously controlling inflation. Strikes began with Ford workers, and resulted in public sector workers also striking.
- Sarah Roller
Sep 21, 2015 · Those strikes have been viewed as the first time that a large body of workers organised themselves in a politically-motivated action to win concessions. However, official statistics on strikes...
Jan 11, 2023 · Relations broke down and erupted in the first miners’ strike since 1926 in 1972, resulting in electricity generation falling and the government imposing a three-day week. The Winter of Discontent followed in 1978-79 with widespread public sector strikes.
- Anoosh Chakelian
Mar 31, 2006 · This paper focuses upon the area of sentencing policy and, in particular, the emergence of so-called ‘two’ and ‘three strikes’ sentencing policies in the United States and the United Kingdom. The paper outlines the contrasting forms and variable impacts of these sentencing policies in different jurisdictions.
- Trevor David Butler Jones, Tim Newburn
- 2006
It correctly sets out that the maximum reduction that can be afforded for a guilty plea, where the mandatory minimum of three years’ custody applies, is 20% (section 144(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003).
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Jan 30, 2019 · Under a three-strikes law, a felon convicted of a Federal clime for a third time would be sentenced to prison for life. The measure was similar to two measures sponsored by Republicans in Congress but included a narrower list of crimes.
