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Heartening insights from @persuasionuk.bsky.social’s research - strong feedback from BOTH individual employers and the public that worker’s rights do need strengthening

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@jrf-uk.bsky.social's @paulkissack.bsky.social says people with caring responsibilities are more likely to be in poverty.
"These have to be part of a wider debate about making work pay."
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Michael Ford KC of Old Square Chambers tells the #TUCdecentwork conference that substitution clauses, use of intermediaries such as umbrella companies, and use of agency workers are deployed by employers to take those they hire out of the employment relationship.

Michele O'Neil l, president of the Australian unions, tells #TUCdecentwork event that labour law reforms Down Under has been followed by a 20 per cent growth in collective bargaining coverage. Have also seen a strong growth in wages and accelerated closing of gender pay growth.

Michele O'Neil of the Australian Council of Trade Unions highlights the introduction of multi-employer bargaining in Australia and the effective prohibition on employers cancelling collective agreements.

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GMB union organiser Amanda Gearing says you can only change conditions in places like Amazon once you get reps on the inside.
Union is calling for changes to union recognition process to stop union busting.
Took GMB 142 days to get a 12-page access agreement agreed at Amazon Coventry.
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.@unison.org.uk officer Gavin Edwards says the proposed Fair Pay Agreement in social care could stop a race to the bottom in pay and conditions in the sector.
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Prof Alan Bogg of @bristoluni.bsky.social says: "I don't think the employment rights bill would lead to a revolution. But it would lead to a critical rebalancing of the UK labour market." Argues that more collective bargaining could lead to less reliance on individual legal rights.

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Employment Rights Bill: factsheets Further details on the measures included within the Employment Rights Bill.

Thankyou TUC and Abrdn Financial Fairness Trust for inviting me to your #TUCDecentWork conference and the opportunity to flag the support needs of those of us with disabilities and/or caring responsibilities plus disability confident scheme overhaul need

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The amazing @dhnnjyn.bsky.social argue we need to stop falling into neoliberalism ideas of fetishising growth &aim to develop an economy that put people and environment first. To do this we need to stop looking at GDP growth and focus on the growth of real household income. #TUCdecentwork

Danny Sriskandarajah of @neweconomics.bsky.social says: "Let's not ask what decent work can do for the economy and the tax base but think about what the economy can do for decent work."
"The economy should be in service of human flourishing," he adds.
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Kate Bell argues how there are lots to be gained through good work.on the trade off of good quality work and growth she asks what type of growth we want to see. We don't want edifice growth at the peril of workers well being, the environment, and social cohesion. #tucdecentwork @the-tuc.bsky.social

TUC's @kategobell.bsky.social says UK employers invest half of European counterparts in skills. "If your workers are too cheap, you are much less likely to invest in their skills." So employment reforms are a "key part" of addressing that challenge.
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Stephen Phipson, of manufacturers' trade body Make UK, tells #TUCdecentwork event 85 per cent of members fully support government employment rights changes. Big challenge for them is shortage of skilled workers. "We are seeing lots of big projects disappearing from this country because of that."

Sasha Romanovitch-commission for healthier working lives- discusses the need to not think of disability as a binary state, as there can be fluctuations, but also the need for employers to focus on what workers can do rather than what they cannot do. #TUCdecentwork

Darren Jones condemns zero hours contracts: "It is impossible for you to have security at work or home if you've no idea what money is coming through the door. This is something we thought we banished decades ago. People who do regular work have the right to a regular contract." #TUCdecentwork

Darren Jones, Treasury minister, tells the #TUCdecentwork conference that "it is time to recognise the contributions unions make to the economy". Labour is repealing anti-union laws of last government and extending new rights.

Treasury minister Darren Jones says quality of work matters.

"Too often work is low paid, insecure and of poor quality, failing to keep pace with a changing economy."

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Tayra Lopes-Lister of Unite union tells #TUCdecentwork conference that hospitality workers often told of shifts the day before and are forced to accept them. "They are told if you don't turn up, then don't turn up again."

Chris Morris of @usdawunion.bsky.social trade union says that workers with contracts guaranteeing only low numbers of hours struggle to get mortgages or rental properties, suddenly lose hours and find shifts rearranged at short notice.
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.@sarahoconnorft.bsky.social says that employment rights enforcement needs both more resources and "a better attitude".

"We need to bang heads together and say we are going to sort this out."

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Enforcement of employment rights can be hugely improved by a trade union presence in workplaces, says Prof Damian Grimshaw of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social . "We have a bunch of exploitative employers and it is the job of trade unions to root them out."
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#tucdecentwork some really interesting question. Can we stop the numerous definitions of worker and have one combined one? Given the lack and low quality of data on labour market how can we sure of any policy impact? How about migrant workers being pushed out of the formal employment relations?

At the #TUCdecentwork conference @sarahoconnorft.bsky.social discusses where employers don't actually know what is good for business and also good for workers, using the example of schedule predictability of retail workers

In the first panel session at the #TUCDecentwork conference, FT's @sarahoconnorft.bsky.social says: "Sometimes businesses don't always know what is good for them." Executives often unaware of conditions on shop floor. Says there is a problem with poor quality work in the UK.

Prof Damian Grimshaw says that employment stability and job security is fundamental to having the right type of technology adoption in the workplace.
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Cazes says that systems of collective bargaining between workers and employers that combine broad coverage with some flexibility have lower inequality, greater inclusiveness of women and young people, better job quality and better resilience to economic conditions.

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OECD economist Sandrine Cazes says that labour market performance should be assessed according to job quality.
"Job quality is an end in itself. People spend a lot of time at work."

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@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social says that: "At home and abroad decent work matters. The core human need for decent work is greater than ever. The economic dividend for work is greater than ever."
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