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Labour movement sets out election stall

Fourteen trade unions came out fighting in the face of Tory threats on strike rights yesterday by launching a united effort to end the nasty party’s “five years of neglect.”

Unions representing three million workers put Prime Minister David Cameron on notice after his party revealed plans to make public-sector strikes almost impossible.

GMB general secretary Paul Kenny said they “must be stopped” as he launched the Unions Together “manifesto for change.”

Five pledges for 2015

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      Decent wages

       

       

      raise the minimum wage, promote the living wage and tackle the gender pay gap

       

       

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      Secure jobs now and in the future

       

       

      raise the quality of apprenticeships, end zero-hours contracts, and the stop the exploitation of agency workers

       

       

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      Rights at work

       

       

      build partnerships between workers and employers and reform the employment tribunal system

       

       

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      Saving our NHS

       

       

      repeal the Health and Social Care Act and recruit 20,000 more nurses and 8,000 more GPs paid for by a tax on properties worth £2m and a tax on tobacco companies

       

       

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    Helping with the bills

     

     

    freeze energy bills, scrap the bedroom tax, introduce a cap on annual rail fare increases and provide 25 hours of free childcare for working parents with 3 and 4-year-olds, paid for with an increase in the bank levy

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