Jeremy Corbyn thanks IER in speech adopting Manifesto proposals at TUC

Submitted by sglenister on Fri, 13/09/2019 - 16:20

13 September 2019

Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, thanked the Institute of Employment Rights for its advice on the contents of a new deal for workers announced at TUC 2019.

The policies Corbyn promised included key recommendations made by the IER in its Manifesto for Labour Law, such as:

  • The establishment of a Ministry of Labour (renamed a Ministry of Employment Rights)
  • The restoration of sectoral collective bargaining
  • The repeal of the Trade Union Act 2016
  • Real Living Wage
  • Equal rights for all workers from day one
  • Ban on zero-hour contracts
  • An independent Labour Inspectorate (renamed a Workers' Protection Agency)
  • Workers on company boards

Watch Jeremy Corbyn's announcement of Labour's workers' rights policies below:

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