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Mick Lynch claims Tory anti-union laws show they have 'lost the argument' on pay

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Mick Lynch has claimed that Tory plans to introduce anti-strike legislation showed the UK Government had "lost the argument" on pay.

The Conservatives are considering measures which could allow employers to sue unions and sack workers if they did not provide a certain level of service.

It comes as RMT members employed by Network Rail take part in their second 48-hour strike of the week. Train drivers in England also walked out on Thursday, affecting cross-border services to Scotland.Lynch, the RMT general secretary, claimed Tory ministers were more interested in trying to "close down the unions" than resolving the dispute over pay.

He said: "What this is a symbol of is that the government are losing the argument. They’ve lost the argument on austerity and pay, and the state of our national public services."And instead they want to close that argument down by closing down the unions and stopping us from campaigning against poverty."Lynch also said that the government and rail companies were "incompetent" and did not know how to run a railway service.

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