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Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress
TORY and Reform MPs showed their “true colours” when they voted against the Employment Rights Bill, the TUC said today after the landmark legislation passed its second reading in the Commons.
The Bill’s key policies are backed by a majority of people who voted for the right-wing parties, polling for the union federation found in July.
The measures include protection against unfair dismissal from day one of a new job, rights to sick pay and partial bans on fire and rehire and zero-hours contracts.
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
