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  Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill - Preventing prison officers from taking industrial action
  
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  The majority of MPs voted to strengthen the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994[1] in its prohibition against anyone inducing a prison officer to withhold his services as an officer (ie strike).
  
  The change widened this to apply to "any industrial action"[2]
  
  This was prompted by wildcat strikes the previous summer.[3]
  
  * [1] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1994/ukpga_19940033_en_13#pt8-ch4-l1g127 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994], Section 127
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2008-01-09a.325.3 Jack Straw MP], House of Commons, 9 January 2008
  * [3] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3149248.ece Prison officers react with fury as Jack Straw reimposes ban on strikes], The Times, 8 January 2008
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