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A NEW group of MPs speaking out against unpaid trial shifts will launch today after a sustained campaign by Scottish hospitality workers.
Pubs, bars and restaurants are among the types of business that often require job applicants to work a turn for free before deciding whether to employ them.
It is estimated that the practice allows Britain’s bosses to benefit from unpaid labour to the tune of around £3 billion a year.
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
MARTYN GRAY asks TUC congress to endorse measures that would help stop the present exploitation of seafarers
