A new deal for workers is 'urgent,' says GMB leader
UNIONS must “grasp the nettle” and change the way they work or “continue to manage decline,” GMB leader Tim Roache told Congress delegates today.
Mr Roache joined Unite general secretary Len McCluskey, CWU general secretary Dave Ward and the CWU young workers committee’s Fiona Curtis in setting out a plan to start fighting for a new economic and political settlement.
Mr Roache said a new deal was “urgent” in an economy where eight million people in poverty come from working households and those with insecure “gig economy” jobs had no guarantees around hours or income.
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