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Ministers must address ‘disgusting’ lack of employment rights for all workers from day one of a contract, food workers say
(left-right) Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner, at the launch event for Labour's campaign bus at Uxbridge College, while on the General Election campaign trail, June 1, 2024
in Staffordshire
MINISTERS must address the “disgusting” lack of employment rights for all workers from day one of a contract, food workers said yesterday.
Delegates meeting in Staffordshire for the BFAWU annual conference unanimously endorsed a motion asking: “If an employer expects you to work from day one, why should we not then have employment rights from the same day?”
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