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Parliamentary probe into the Reform UK leader’s £5m gift from crypto-billionaire to resume
DONKEYS providing rides for youngsters on Blackpool beach enjoy better rights and protections at work than workers in Britain, the Morning Star can reveal.
Detailed regulations govern the donkeys’ treatment by their owners, with annual health inspections from a vet and checks by council officials on the donkeys’ workloads and general welfare.
In contrast, a recent TUC report revealed that protections at work for humans in Britain are the worst in the 38 countries that make up the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), of which Britain is a founding member.
TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK tells Ben Chacko that Labour can win back disillusioned voters by delivering workplace reforms, rebuilding trust and challenging the far right’s growing influence
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart