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O’Grady calls on government to repay key workers by scrapping zero-hours contracts
The TUC leader warned ministers not to ‘punch down on the working poor’ by giving in to bosses' demands to freeze minimum wage
Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TUC speaking at the TUC's Congress in London

THE government must repay the debt to key workers by scrapping zero-hours contracts and topping up the minimum wage, the TUC conference heard today. 

TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady warned ministers not to “punch down on the working poor” by giving in to recent calls from business groups to freeze the minimum wage next year. 

Addressing the TUC’s first virtual conference, Ms O’Grady said: “Hard work should pay for everyone, no matter who you are or what kind of job you do. 

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