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THOUSANDS of workers will be cast into poverty if they are forced to self-isolate after testing positive for Covid-19 and live on statutory sick pay (SSP), the TUC warns today.
The union federation said the government’s test and trace system will fail unless sick pay is increased drastically for workers who have to self-isolate as testing is stepped up.
The union organisation is calling for SSP to increase from a pitiful £95.85 a week to the real living wage of £320.
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
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
