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THOUSANDS of charity workers in Manchester will receive guaranteed contracts, increased workplace rights and the living wage under an unprecedented new deal that could be replicated nationwide.
The charter, to be signed at lunchtime tomorrow by the Unite union and Manchester City Council, is Britain’s first contract of its kind.
It will ensure that all council-funded charity organisations pay their staff the Manchester living wage of £8.75 per hour.
NICK TROY lauds the young staff at a hotel chain and cinema giant who are ready to take on the bosses for their rights
Making sure this Labour government delivers on decent jobs, strong workplace rights and well-funded public services will defeat the easy answers to real frustrations peddled by the far right, writes JOANNE THOMAS
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street