| The general secretaries of ten unions have written to Security Minister James Brokenshire asking the government to withdraw the controversial SpyCops Bill. Members of the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group, which represents the BFAWU, FBU, NAPO, NUJ, NEU, PCS, POA, RMT, UCU and URTU, have express their concerns about the covert surveillance of trade unions and blacklisting. They want the government to withdraw the Covert Human Intelligent Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill. The letter states: “There has been a documented history of state surveillance of lawful trade union activity in recent years, including apparent links with the criminal blacklisting of trade union members. “We are also alarmed by the conduct of undercover police in pursuing surveillance of legitimate civil society organisations, including anti-racist organisations, family justice campaigns and environmental groups.” The full text of the letter can be found here. https://twitter.com/TUCGinfo/status/1315618497490284544?s=20 |