Overhaul of working lives is welcome and long overdue

Commenting ahead of the publication of the government’s employment rights bill later today (Thursday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
“Shifting the balance to give workers greater rights is long overdue.
“Expectations are high for this bill, which should bring once-in-a-generation changes to the workplace.
“For too long employees have had to suffer poverty wages, intolerable working conditions and discrimination.
“Social care staff, school workers,