Boris Johnson is waging culture war against trade unions, warns TUC chief

Frances O'Grady says UK government doesn't want to avert strikes, it wants to pick fights and sow division

The UK government has been accused of waging a culture war against workers rather than pushing to resolve strikes on the railways, amid growing anger among public sector workers over pay and conditions.

The head of the TUC said ministers appeared to be more interested in stoking tensions between different groups of workers by making an example of striking railway unions and their members before a broader summer of industrial action.