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THE Communication Workers Union (CWU) has successfully tabled a motion to Labour conference that would push the party to fight for a four-day working week.
The postal workers and communications union will put forward the motion “A four-day week for a fairer, more sustainable society” to delegates meeting in Brighton next week.
The motion, which points out that Britain has “some of the worst public and statutory holiday entitlements” in Europe, says that Labour should campaign to achieve either a 32-hour gross week or a standard four-day working week within the next decade.
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
NICK TROY lauds the young staff at a hotel chain and cinema giant who are ready to take on the bosses for their rights
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart