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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn announced plans this weekend for a workers’ rights commission in a bid to end the “scourge of in-work poverty.”
Mr Corbyn revealed at Unite’s first Scottish policy conference that former miner and shadow minister for trade unions Ian Lavery will chair the body aimed at curbing the “unaccountable power” of bosses and putting “power in the hands of the worker.”
The Star understands that TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady will also be among the 10-strong advisory panel of experts.
ANN HENDERSON looks at the centenary of the foundation of the STUC women’s committee, and the challenges facing women in the trade unions today
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
Employment lawyer ALICE BOWMAN warns ‘day one rights’ include an undefined ‘initial period’ and the zero-hours contract fixes create baffling fixed-term loopholes. If the Bill doesn’t work properly and deliver, Labour is doomed