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Prime Minister must give young workers the right to guaranteed hours and ending the scourge of insecure work, TUC says
LABOUR’S pledge to “significantly” boost pay for Britain’s five million low-paid workers won backing yesterday from trade unions and anti-poverty campaigners.
Leader Ed Miliband said decent wages not higher welfare spending will be the “basic principle” of a Labour government if they kick the Con-Dems out next year at an event launching the results of Labour’s low-pay commission.
He promised to link the minimum rate to higher earnings — but he remained tight-lipped on how much Labour would boost pay and promised to consult business before any rise.
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