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THE government has failed to act over “Dickensian” working conditions for delivery drivers, Labour said yesterday.
Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey was responding to an investigation by the Sunday Mirror which found that employees for Amazon have to deliver up to 200 parcels a day while earning less than the minimum wage.
Speaking in the Commons, she said: “As yet another high-profile employment case emerges, why is the government not taking robust action to crack down on bogus self-employment and enforce employment rights?”
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered
MARTYN GRAY asks TUC congress to endorse measures that would help stop the present exploitation of seafarers
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