Labour’s Employment Rights Bill passes through Parliament-Delivering biggest upgrade in workers’ rights in a generation
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the development marked a “major victory for working people in every part of the country”.
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Kemi Badenoch says minimum wage shouldn’t go any higher as Tories declare war on workers
We heard similar arguments from Tories before when the minimum wage was first introduced, only for them to realise that businesses didn’t collapse and nor was it detrimental to the economy.
TUC warns Tory plan to leave the ECHR is an attack on workers’ rights
The TUC has warned that the Tory plan to withdraw from the (ECHR) ‘isn’t about migration, it’s about dismantling the legal protections that ordinary people rely on every day’.
Achievements of the Labour government this week: From introduction of Hillsborough Law to boosting workers’ rights
This week the government continued with proposals to push through two key pieces of legislation which will have a significantly positive impact.
Mick Whelan: ASLEF is a firm and critical friend of Labour government
Left Foot Forward spoke to the ASLEF general secretary at this year’s TUC Congress
Home Secretary hasn’t met with civil servants union to discuss proposed safe routes policy for migrants
Fran Heathcote, PCS general secretary, called for the government to engage rather than trying to ‘appease Reform’
New employment rights will make defining an employee more important than ever
‘It is now more important than ever to address a surprisingly difficult question: who will be entitled to these employment rights’
Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns attacks workers’ rights and says she doesn’t like trade unions
‘Oh, terrible. People having rights at work!’
Chris Hinchliff MP: Labour needs to take on vested interests and put people before profit
The Labour MP for North East Hertfordshire urges the government to stop playing it safe and take on the vested interests holding the country back.
Taming corporations is the key issue of our times
To appease corporations, people may raze mountains, divert rivers, clear forests, cover countryside in tarmac and shower subsidies upon them, but they have no loyalty to any place, people or product.