“An Employment Rights Bill #2 would begin to level the playing field, restoring the fundamental right to withdraw labour and empowering workers to defend their living standards, safety, and dignity.”
By Strike Map
We are pleased to report that since the last edition of The Striker that the Fire Brigades Union has joined the campaign organised by ‘Strike Map’ and ‘Campaign For Trade Union Freedom’ in the call for a new, strengthened Employment Rights Bill #2 to roll back our punitive anti worker laws.
They join Aegis, Artists’ Union England, Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union, Cleaners & Allied Independent Workers Union, Equity, General Federation Trade Unions, National Education Union, Public and Commercial Services Union, POA, Royal College of Podiatry, Social Workers Union, UK Private Hire Drivers Union who have already joined the campaign.
Supporting this campaign is vital. The current laws are deliberately designed to shackle workers, making it difficult to organise, strike, and win fair pay and conditions. An Employment Rights Bill #2 would begin to level the playing field, restoring the fundamental right to withdraw labour and empowering workers to defend their living standards, safety, and dignity.
The basic demands to strengthen workers’ rights are:
1. An Immediate repeal of all anti-union laws.
2. A full ban on ‘fire and rehire’, enforceable by injunction.
3. End all zero-hours contracts .
4. A £15 per hour minimum wage with no age exemptions.
5. A statutory right to collective bargaining for all workers and a legal mechanism for creating sector-wide collective bargaining.
6. Amending our labour laws to comply with international standards.
7. Universal employment rights, including for workers on working visas, through a single worker status.
8. All workers to be entitled to all employment rights from day one.
9. A full trade union right to access workers on employers’ premises, enforceable by injunction.
10. End restrictions on industrial action and introduce a positive right to strike, including the right to take solidarity action.
- You can sign up to the campaign here.
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- You can follow the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom on Facebook and Twitter/X.
- This article is taken from the 11 October 2025 edition of The Striker email bulletin – you can sign up to receive it here.
