TUC welcomes Labour’s Work Manifesto

The TUC has today (Wednesday) welcomed plans in Labour’s Work Manifesto to abolish the employment tribunal fees system and clamp down on exploitative zero-hours contracts.

The TUC also welcomed proposals to have workers sit on company pay committees and to launch an inquiry into the illegal blacklisting of union members by unscrupulous employers.

TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“Today’s proposals will restore some much needed fairness and democracy to the workplace.

“Abolishing tribunal fees and exploitative zero-hours contracts will make it much harder for Britain’s worst bosses to mistreat their staff and undercut good employers.

“And putting workers on to company pay committees will help regain public confidence in executive pay which has shot up by 26 per cent in real terms in the life of this government.

“We need employment rights that are fit for the Twenty-First Century and make people feel secure and productive at work. It is time to end the hire and fire culture of recent years.”

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