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Well yeah. I support all those proposals with the exception of banning zero-hours, because they're a great tool of flexibility for students who are also in work.
Unfortunately they are also a huge harm to every other worker.
Negatives to society drematically outweigh one advantage to a small population.
Zero hour contracts are extremely exploitative. People need security in their lives they need to be able to know that they're going to get a certain amount of money each month.
If you need that kind of flexibility then you need flexi time not zero hour. You have a set amount of hours each week and then you can choose how to fulfill them.
Zero-hours is always going to be the tricky one - I know people it works well for but it is also pretty exploitative. I have no idea how to fix it, perhaps pay a higher rate to those doing it because I've seen the grimace from those who value it's flexibility when they realise how little they take home.
I'm not sure if they actually do benefit students.
When I was at uni, I was just on a (iirc) 14 hour contract that covered my weekend shifts, then anything on top of that was pick-up.
Zero hour means bosses can just piss people around "lol, no work for you this week".
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Labour’s plans for boosting workers’ rights are backed by voters across the political spectrum, including a majority of Conservative and Reform supporters, new polling commissioned by the TUC shows.
As the new government prepares to set out its programme in the king’s speech on Wednesday, the TUC is urging ministers to press ahead with implementing their manifesto pledges on workers’ rights in full.
The new deal for working people has been championed by the deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, amid concerns among some in the union movement that aspects of the plan could be diluted in the face of pressure from business.
The junior business minister Justin Madders, who was heavily involved in Labour’s workers’ rights agenda in opposition, is expected to shepherd the legislation through the House of Commons.
A Department for Business and Trade spokesperson said: “Delivering a new deal for working people is a core part of our national mission to grow the economy and raise living standards across the UK.
Some business groups have expressed reservations about the workers’ rights agenda, with Rupert Soames, the president of the Confederation of British Industry, warning that the plans could make employers reluctant to take on new staff.
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This just in workers are pro-worker
Meanwhile, in Soviet USA...😭
If the USA was Soviet things would actually be better.
Maybe, maybe not. It was just s play off a very old meme.