Then six members of the shadow front bench, including Mr Mishra, attended an RMT picket line defying the ban and were reprimanded by party whips. They stay in office.
Union bosses and Labor MPs on the left have said Sir Keir must now “pick a side” and support targeted strikes.
Sharon Graham, the leader of the Unite union, said: “If I spoke to Keir right now, I’d say, ‘Which side are you on? Because the reality is if I closed my eyes sometimes I wouldn’t know if it was Labor or the Tories. they spoke
“I’m very disappointed, horrified, frankly, and I think it’s something that Labor will have to think about seriously.”
Campaign group Leftwing Momentum said on Monday that the “partial reversal of his picket ban” was “simply not enough for Starmer to show that Labor is on the side of workers”.
“Starmer should immediately announce Labour’s support for BT, rail, postal and other workers striking to defend their livelihoods during a cost-of-living crisis, and defend a trial pay rise of inflation,” the organization said.
BT and Openreach workers are on national strike over a pay dispute after the CWU rejected a £1,500 pay rise for all workers.
Dave Ward, general secretary of the union, said: “As BT Group workers have been forced into historic strike action in defense of their living standards, just as in the pandemic, working class people are will step up to the plate when businessmen and politicians fail. , and are willing to put need before greed.
“We urge all sympathetic members of the public to attend picket lines in their area and get involved to help others.”