Originally Posted by Chris

Nor mine. I'm at a loss to understand what the Unions are agitating for here. They say they want the right to have the opportunity to work. They do have that right. And the employer also has the right not to give that work to a group of people it believes to be less competitive.

Our Trades Unions also tend to be pro-Europe, pro-Euro and basically pro-anything that comes out of Brussels and is a perceived advantage to their cause (such as the working time directive). But when Europe turns round and bites them on the bum, they're the first to start moaning. I presume they understand that barring Italians from taking contracts in the UK would require the UK to derogate from huge chunks of its commitment to the EU?

In any case, isn't a lot of what's going on today perilously close to secondary action, which is illegal?