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COMPANIES will have to recognise trade unions to win public contracts under the next Labour government, John McDonnell announced today.
The shadow chancellor said a change of government would mean “the anti-trade union era will end” in an address to TUC Congress.
In a package of reforms to address the gig economy and precarious work, Mr McDonnell said Labour would “shift the burden of proof so the law treats you as a worker unless your employer can prove otherwise.”
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
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
Making sure this Labour government delivers on decent jobs, strong workplace rights and well-funded public services will defeat the easy answers to real frustrations peddled by the far right, writes JOANNE THOMAS
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP