Labour will forge a new workplace environment, says John McDonnell
Labour's John McDonnell
JOHN McDONNELL will pledge to “restore the balance of power in the workplace” in his address to TUC Congress today.
The shadow chancellor is due to say that the scales have been “overwhelmingly tipped against workers” through years of right-wing governments, meaning British workers now face the worst levels of insecurity in 80 years.
“Cumulative legislative assaults on trade union freedoms have seriously weakened the ability of trade unions to negotiate effectively on behalf of their members. The result is that for the first time shareholders now take a greater share of national income than workers,” he is expected to say.
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