Office workers at their desks in London
LABOUR denied today that it will give workers the legal right to opt for a four-day working week.
The clarification came after Tory-supporting right-wing national newspapers declared the measure would be part of Labour’s commitment to improve the lives of working people, including their rights to flexibility in the hours they work.
A Whitehall spokesperson said: “We have no plans to impose a four-day working week on employers or employees.
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
KEVAN NELSON reveals how, through its Organising to Win strategy, which has launched targeted campaigns like Pay Fair for Patient Care, Britain’s largest union bucked the trend of national decline by growing by 70,000 members in two years
