[IER] CBI lobbying to ‘soften’ Labour’s workers’ rights pledges, FT reports.

Fri Feb 9 14:10:34 GMT 2024

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CBI lobbying to ‘soften’ Labour’s workers’ rights pledges, FT reports

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The Financial Times reports that the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is “pushing Labour to soften potentially onerous laws on worker rights”:

Rupert Soames, who last week took over as president of the CBI, said the UK needed to avoid a “European model” of employment rights and resist excessive regulation that undermines productivity in order to rediscover its competitiveness. He added that the CBI was providing “private feedback” to Labour on its policy plans. The CBI wanted to help the opposition party avoid the “unintended consequences” of its plans to reform employment law, he said.

Soames said the “European model” of stronger worker rights was “really good for people who are employed but really bad for people who are unemployed because companies are terrified to take them on”.

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Labour’s plans for workers’ rights must ‘strike balance’, experts warn

Meanwhile, Unison general secretary Christina McAnea said “good employers have nothing to fear.” Via CityAM 

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Rayner reiterates Labour’s commitment to a New Deal for Working People

Labour's Deputy leader says a new Labour Government will introduce draft legislation within 100 days of an election victory. 

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Labour pledges full equal pay rights for ethnic minorities

Under the party's plans a new Race Equality Act would enshrine in law the full right to equal pay for black, Asian and ethnic minority people, as well as disabled people. Via the BBC. 

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Minimum service levels ‘won’t protect students from strikes’

UCU General Secretary Jo Grady and Raj Jethwa, the chief executive of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Ucea) clash on ways to prevent more industrial action. 

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Union leader speaks out on anniversary of Morecambe Bay Disaster

20 years on, widescale and often dangerous exploitation of vulnerable workers is still rife says Unite's Sharon Graham 

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Tens of thousands of people in the UK could be being denied rights while waiting for visa renewals

Many thousands could be wrongly suspended from work while they wait for their visa renewal

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Amazon accused of using ‘union-busting’ tactics at Midlands warehouses

Claim comes as the GMB prepares for three days of strike action at tech company’s Coventry warehouse

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How the Media Still Gets the Miners Wrong

A new series explores the painful realities of the miners' strike through the eyes of those directly involved. But it ignores the crux of the strike — Thatcher's determination to crush the organised working class. Gavin Hawkton writes in Tribune.

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Transformative ideas – ensuring a just share of progress for all

New publication explores the need for a transformative approach to envisioning a just social and economic model.

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Fightback: The Movement 40 years on from the miners

Reminder - tomorrow: Morning Star Conference: - A unique opportunity to connect with workers and activists, learn from the past, and discuss how to rebuild the movement. With our Chair John Hendy KC as one of the key speakers.

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