Governance
Fighting over minimum wage |
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| Written by Gary Howes | |
| Friday, 08 May 2009 | |
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Union to fight Conservative bill that seeks to allow employees to opt-out of the minimum wage.
Usdaw, the shopworkers' union, is leading a campaign that it says is intended to save the National Minimum Wage from a Tory Bill to scrap it. During the Bill's first reading, Mr Chope said it will: "introduce more freedom, flexibility and opportunity for those seeking employment in the public and private sectors." Usdaw has teamed up with John Prescott's Go Fourth campaign and other unions, to launch 'Wage Concern' to stop the bill that it says will totally undermine the minimum wage and drive millions of workers back to poverty pay. The bill, which is supported by ten other Tory MPs aims to allow employees to opt-out of the minimum wage and ensure that all public sector jobs are advertised openly. The bill also seeks to grant the 'right to work' under the Declaration of Human Rights by allowing workers to be paid less than the minimum wage
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