Last month it brought in a new labour law, making it easier to hire and fire.
It is also possible, given the wording of the new labour law, that resisting unionisation is illegal.
The government has now responded by saying that a new labour law being drawn up will allow workers to organise.
Wages are up by 10-15%, he says, and a new labour-protection law that came into effect on January 1st increases costs by the same amount again.
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Their new assertiveness may reflect a labour law introduced in January 2008, which gave workers more contractual rights.
Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith, who has previously been cautious about Wales acquiring income tax powers, said Labour wanted a new law to implement the Silk commission to give the Welsh government "desperately needed" borrowing powers.
Stung by such talk, in 2008 the previous Labour government proposed a new law updating the country's antiquated rules on backhanders and bungs, including those dispensed overseas.
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To cap it all, a new investment law lets foreign contractors bring in labour from abroad but export all profits.
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Furthermore, some of the reforms especially those of pensions and labour law may put the new government in conflict with its core constituencies, such as public servants and trade-union members.
There are some difficult issues ahead which are going to need more than Labour votes to become law - the new statutory process for closing and merging schools being just one example.
So, there has been a vacuum which the current Fine Gael-Labour coalition government says it will fill with a new law by the summer.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has joined Mr Clegg in supporting a new press law.
Mr Murphy said a new Scotland Bill would be published after the general election if Labour is returned to power, and would become law before the Holyrood elections in 2015.
What about this story that we, we mentioned earlier on today, the story about 100, 000 new, Labour to invite a 100, 000 foreigners a year into UK, ministers announce sweeping changes in immigration law to attract workers because we're short because of a severe skills shortage among British workers, is that a good idea?
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