A LABOUR government should legislate to allow ­workers to take “solidarity action” with other workplaces, ­constituency branches have said.

The party’s conference is set to debate the Tory government’s Trade Union Bill in a debate on Monday, which new party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he would repeal if elected prime minister.

“Following Corbyn’s backing for trade unions in his speech to the TUC, Labour Party delegates now have an opportunity to reaffirm their support for the role trade unions play in the workplace and the economy,” said Institute of Employment Rights (IER) director Carolyn Jones.

A motion submitted by general union Unite calls for an incoming Labour government to “introduce a comprehensive package of employment rights compliant with International Labour Organisation core conventions and European human rights obligations.”

It slams the Bill for allowing employers to use scab labour to break strikes, introducing ballot thresholds, restricting picketing activities and scrapping the check-off system for collecting union dues in the public sector.

But a motion submitted by two constituency parties in the East Midlands goes further, calling on Labour to “repeal these attacks if they pass and legislate for strong rights to unionise, win recognition and collective bargaining, strike picket and take solidarity action.”

The motions will go forward for “compositing,” meaning that delegates representing group with a motion on the subject will gather to reach a consensus on a combined motion.

Mr Corbyn has stated he supports repealing the anti-union laws passed under ­Margaret Thatcher’s government in addition to the new measures. These include the prohibition of secondary action, though it is likely that many Labour MPs would be resistant to lifting the ban.

But Ms Jones said: “Shifting the debate in favour of a positive framework of trade union freedoms where the strong support the weak and the organised stand in solidarity with the unorganised would set a clear direction for the reformed Labour Party.”

• The IER and the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom will hold a fringe meeting on the Trade Union Bill at 12.30pm on Monday in the Alexandra Room, Grand Hotel, Brighton. Speakers include Len McCluskey and Angela Eagle.