THE United Nations workers’ rights watchdog has rebuked the government over its failures on the P&O Ferries scandal and called for a strengthening of employee protections.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) urged the Tories to increase sanctions for companies that ignore the law and to ensure that workers can get their jobs back.
Nearly 800 seafarers were sacked illegally by the firm last March, with foreign agency staff lined up to take their place.
Our priority must be to defend hard-won protections while linking equality law to trade union power and wider social transformation, says MARY DAVIS, on behalf of the Women’s Liberation Alliance
To govern again, we must first earn back the confidence of the people who founded our movement
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered


