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Diluting workers' rights is ‘red line,’ unions warn Labour
Sharon Graham
ROWING back on workers’ rights pledges is a “red line” not to be crossed, trade union leaders warned Labour today.
They spoke out amid mounting concern that the party’s next policy U-turn will be to weaken the commitments in its New Deal for Working People, first adopted in 2021.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham stressed that any dilution of the policy would be a “red line” for her union.
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