Workers’ Rights: Trade Union Discussions

Part of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – in the House of Commons at on 30 April 2019.

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The Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary, Grahame Smith, has said that the Scottish Government’s

“Fair Work Action Plan demonstrates a commitment to using the powers the Government has at its disposal to deliver Fair Work, which is good for workers and good for business.”

Will the Secretary of State do his bit by introducing a real living wage? If not, will he devolve the policy so that the Scottish Government can?

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