By Jack Doyle Pressure: ‘Red’ Len McCluskey, told Labour leader Ed Miliband to ‘bring home the bacon’ for union members on Monday The union bankrolling Labour’s general election campaign wants a new Ministry of Labour to represent the interests of trade unionists if Ed Miliband gets into Downing Street. Unite is in talks with the party about creating a powerful department headed by a secretary of state, whose role would be ‘batting for 30million working people’, a senior union figure has revealed. In secret recordings passed to the Daily Mail, Steve Turner said Unite would also press for the repeal of trade union laws including the rule that unions can only call strikes after holding a postal ballot.
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Want a new Ministry of Labour if Ed Miliband gets into Downing Street
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Senior figure claimed it would be 'battling' for 30 million working people
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Steve Turner said Unite plan to press for repeal of trade union laws
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