Companies must recognise unions to win public contracts under Labour, says McDonnell
by Conrad Landin
in Manchester
COMPANIES will have to recognise trade unions to win public contracts under the next Labour government, John McDonnell announced today.
The shadow chancellor said a change of government would mean “the anti-trade union era will end” in an address to TUC Congress.
In a package of reforms to address the gig economy and precarious work, Mr McDonnell said Labour would “shift the burden of proof so the law treats you as a worker unless your employer can prove otherwise.”
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