Labour has reached agreement with the unions on its flagship workers’ rights proposals after general secretaries demanded the party commit to no further weakening of the original plans.
One of the key critics of changes, the Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, said the unions had “been listened to and the workers’ voice heard in what she described as a “red line” summit with Keir Starmer on Tuesday.
Senior Labour figures are also understood to have been bruised by the leaking of the internal draft to newspapers including the Guardian.
“We are trade unionists and we know when we make an agreement – we don’t expect to be then given a different draft months later and be told, actually this is what’s going to happen.”
Dave Ward, the general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, told LBC the deal “will be implemented as we agreed previously.
One of the subsequent changes that angered unions was allowing workers to stay on zero-hours contracts if they preferred – which they said would be a loophole for exploitation.
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Labour has reached agreement with the unions on its flagship workers’ rights proposals after general secretaries demanded the party commit to no further weakening of the original plans.
One of the key critics of changes, the Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, said the unions had “been listened to and the workers’ voice heard in what she described as a “red line” summit with Keir Starmer on Tuesday.
Senior Labour figures are also understood to have been bruised by the leaking of the internal draft to newspapers including the Guardian.
“We are trade unionists and we know when we make an agreement – we don’t expect to be then given a different draft months later and be told, actually this is what’s going to happen.”
Dave Ward, the general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, told LBC the deal “will be implemented as we agreed previously.
One of the subsequent changes that angered unions was allowing workers to stay on zero-hours contracts if they preferred – which they said would be a loophole for exploitation.
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