A report from a meeting of Labour’s NEC on 8 September by left CLP reps Jess Barnard, Gemma Bolton and Yasmine Dar.
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Burnham should introduce a second Employment Rights Bill – IER
The Institute of Employment Rights (IER) and the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom (CTUF) are hosting a fringe meeting at the annual TUC Congress in Brighton.
Burnham must scrap ILR changes to save social care – Neil Duncan-Jordan MP
"The Prime Minister’s ambitions for the future simply aren’t compatible with this particularly damaging mistake of the past."
Give us back our industrial muscle – Steve Gillan, POA
"I say to the new Prime Minister, as I’ve done to his predecessors – give my members back the right to strike or raise their pay, terms and conditions to a level where they would never need to!"
Restore hope for those seeking a safe and genuinely affordable home – CLPD
"When private and “affordable” rents are unaffordable, homeownership is a distant dream for many."
Fight for an NHS that passes the Makerfield test – CLPD
"Market-driven policies leave communities like Makerfield with the greatest health needs and on the wrong side of widening inequalities."
Workplaces need legal maximum working temperatures – CLPD
"Introducing a work stoppage threshold protects workers' physical and mental health."
Fund a cut in energy bills with a bank tax – TUC
"While households struggle to pay their bills, banks are handing out the biggest bonuses since the financial crisis. That isn't fair, and it isn't inevitable."
Government must act on Israel’s ongoing atrocities against Palestinians – CLPD
"Ban all trade that aids or assists Israel’s military actions in Gaza or its unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territory, including all trade with Israel’s illegal settlements."
Revoking permission for US to bomb Iran from British bases is cost-of-living priority – CLPD
"Britain can play an important international role in deescalating this conflict by withdrawing that authorisation."