TUC survey 'proves' Truss must keep workers' rights

The TUC said its survey of 3,000 people showed 75 percent wanted the practice of “fire and rehire” stopped.

And almost as many questioned backed a ban on zero- hours contracts. The TUC said its survey, published on the six-month anniversary of the sacking of P&O workers, backed its warning to the new Prime Minister not to water down workers’ rights.

TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “There are too many bad bosses in this country who treat their staff appallingly and get away with it because of our lax labour laws.”

“The P&O scandal showed us cowboy capitalism at its very worst. Eight hundred dedicated seafarers were illegally sacked without notice or consultation – over video call – and replaced with agency workers on less than the minimum wage.”

“But P&O has been allowed to get away scot-free and its owner has even registered eye-watering profits.”

Ruth Wilkinson, of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, said: “In the current world of work, organisations cannot be sustainable without protecting the safety, health and wellbeing of their most vital resource: workers.”

source: express.co.uk