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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.
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
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
