TORY plans to restrict union rights could spark the first general strike since 1926, Aslef train drivers’ union leader Mick Whelan said yesterday.

Unions reacted furiously on Wednesday when the Tory manifesto was published with a pledge to impose a 50 per cent turnout threshold on strike ballots.

Aslef would be hit by the harsher restrictions planned for transport workers and other “essential service” staff.
The union called the plans an attack on democracy.

“The Tories are creating a climate that will lead to wildcat strikes or even a general strike because people will see what they’re doing,” said Mr Whelan.

He fired the warning shot at Prime Minister David Cameron as the Star revealed that the policy could breach international labour laws set by the United Nations.

Mr Whelan added: “The right to strike — the right to withdraw your labour — is a fundamental human right.”