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A CAMPAIGN launched today to win a “new deal” for hospitality workers aims to put an end to zero-hours contracts in the industry.
Hundreds of workers joined an on-line session organised by Unite Hospitality to co-ordinate plans to win better and safer conditions in hotels, bars and restaurants during – and after – the coronavirus pandemic.
As well as demanding measures to ensure safety in the immediate crisis, the union also set out its demands for minimum hours contracts, paid trial shifts and rest breaks and a real living wage for hospitality workers across Britain and Ireland.
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work