LABOUR’S deputy leader has promised unions that the party will deliver a host of new rights for workers, giving a “cast-iron commitment” of…
Angela Rayner makes a heart shape with her hands following a speech at the TUC conference in Liverpool
LABOUR’S deputy leader has BLANKED demands from UK trade unionists to give the Scotland powers over workers' rights.’s planned new deal for workers at the TUC Congress on Tuesday but ignored calls from the organisation just the day earlier to devolve employment law to the Scottish Parliament. “Labour will start by bringing forward an Employment Rights Bill to legislate for this within the first 100 days of entering office. That is a cast-iron commitment,” she said.“Work will finally pay, rights will be properly enforced, and crucially it will strengthen the role of trade unions in our society.”
She outlined plans to update union laws, outlaw blacklisting, give unions a new legal right to access to workplaces, making it easier to recruit and represent workers, and allow electronic balloting.Rayner – a former social worker – also announced there would be a “fair pay agreement” for workers in adult social care, which she said would make a big difference to low-paid workers in the sector.
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