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Islington Council has joined Tower Hamlets in the fight to stamp out blacklisting by introducing reforms preventing contractors carrying out the illegal practice.
The London borough council announced yesterday that firms which want council contracts must show they do not use blacklists, while those that have done so in the past must prove they have stopped.
Any contractor caught using a blacklist in the future would have their contracts terminated.
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
TONY BURKE says an International Labour Conference next month will try for a new convention to protect often super-exploited workers providing services such as ride-hailing (taxis) such as Uber as well as fast food and package delivery
