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Councils should work with unions to improve vulnerable workers’ rights, according to study
COUNCILS should work in partnership with trade unions and the voluntary sector to protect vulnerable workers, a university study recommended today.
Academics from Sheffield Hallam University, Staffordshire University and UCL (University College London) worked with London’s Islington Council to look at ways the authority can partner with trade unions to tackle poor working conditions in the area.
The report revealed a catalogue of exploitation including illegal low pay, safety fears and discrimination against migrant workers.
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