The International Labour Organisation has confirmed that it will investigate the attacks on trade union and collective bargaining rights listed by public sector trade unions in a complaint submitted to the ILO at the end of October. The ILO will now write to the government asking for its response to the accusations. The unions also have time to submit more evidence to support their case.
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