FINISHING THE JOB: Demand an Employment Rights Bill #2
The Employment Rights Act is now law. After months of ‘ping pong’ between the House of Commons and the House of Lords, this act has been weakened in key areas, affecting both individual and collective rights. During the progress of the act the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom (CTUF) and Strike Map have called on politicians to deliver the ‘New Deal for workers’ in full.
Whilst we recognise the progress made in improving worker’s rights, we believe that a second employment rights bill is needed, one that strengthens the rights of all workers. This would include:
1. An Immediate repeal of all anti-union laws.
2. A full ban on ‘fire and rehire’, enforceable by injunction.
3. End all zero-hours contracts .
4. A £15 per hour minimum wage with no age exemptions.
5. A statutory right to collective bargaining for all workers and a legal mechanism for creating sector-wide collective bargaining.
6. Amending our labour laws to comply with international standards.
7. Universal employment rights, including for workers on working visas, through a single worker status.
8. All workers to be entitled to all employment rights from day one.
9. A full trade union right to access workers on employers’ premises, enforceable by injunction.
10. End restrictions on industrial action and introduce a positive right to strike, including the right to take solidarity action.
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Organised by : Campaign for Trade Union Freedom (CTUF) and Strike Map
Supported by: Aegis, Artists' Union England (AUE), ASLEF, Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU), Cleaners & Allied Independent Workers Union (CAIWU), Equity, Fire Brigades Union (FBU), General Federation Trade Unions (GFTU), HCSA, National Education Union (NEU), National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), POA, Royal College of Podiatry, Security Industry Federation, Social Workers Union, UK Private Hire Drivers Union.
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