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date: 15 December 2009

embargo: 00.01hrs Wednesday 16 December 2009

TUC on human rights committee report

Welcoming the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights issued today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

'This report backs up TUC concerns that UK industrial relations laws - including the proposed regulations on blacklisting - are out of line with international human rights standards.

'The blacklisting regulations need rethinking, and the Government needs to come up with a new strategy on human rights at work, at home and where British companies operate abroad.'

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Press release (200 words) issued 16 Dec 2009