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A TORY business minister was criticised today for advocating the use of “firing and rehiring” workers on worse terms and conditions for bosses in “real financial difficulty.”
It came amid pressure from Labour MPs for the government to ban fire and rehire tactics that have been used during the Covid-19 pandemic.
MPs have condemned British Airways in recent months for its handling of up to 12,000 job cuts.
The Bill addresses some exploitation but leaves trade unions heavily regulated, most workers without collective bargaining coverage, and fails to tackle the balance of power that enables constant mutation of bad practice, write KEITH EWING and LORD JOHN HENDY KC
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
This May Day we reaffirm our commitment to working people and our class and to get trade unionism back on the front foot, says EDDIE DEMPSEY
