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🚨Thousands of ex-mineworkers are set to receive extra retirement payments after Rachel Reeves released funds from a pension scheme.

A huge shout-out to the women in our coalfield communities who fought for fairness every step of the way. You made this happen. ✊

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Minimum wage to rise again from April to £12.71 for over-21s The move has been welcomed, but some experts say it will not cover the current cost of living.

Millions of people are set to get a pay rise from April due to an increase in the minimum wage. #NewDeal

💷Over 21s £12.21 ➜ £12.71 (+4.1%)
📈18–20 £10 ➜ £10.85 (+8.5%)
🛠️Under 18s & apprentices £7.55 ➜ £8 (+6%) www.bbc.com/news/article...

Millions of UK workers to get pay rise as Reeves plans increased minimum wage Chancellor says people must be ‘properly rewarded for their hard work’ with 16- to 21-year-olds also in line for raise

🚨Millions of UK workers to get pay rise as Reeves plans increased minimum wage.

The national living wage and minimum wage increase
shows the #NewDeal for Working People in action.

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Green Peers voting with Tories and Lib Dems to undermine the Employment Rights Bill in the House of Lords.... 👀🟩

We need to stand firm against the Tory and Lib Dem Lords attempts to water down the Employment Rights Bill.

ADD YOUR NAME. SUPPORT DELIVERING THE #NEWDEAL IN FULL: labourunions.org.uk/newdeal/

We can’t let the Tories sabotage this once-in-a-generation chance to reshape the world of work | Angela Rayner The employment rights bill is in the Commons today. As Zohran Mamdani’s victory shows, people are desperate for policies that actually improve lives, says Labour MP Angela Rayner

📜The Employment Rights Bill returns to the Lords today.

The #NewDeal for Working People was a Manifesto
commitment, and must be delivered in full. That means passing the Bill intact and ensuring it is implemented robustly.

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Reaping the productivity dividend: How the employment rights bill could impact growth | IPPR Once the bill receives royal assent it will, overnight, substantially improve trade unions’ ability to access and organise new workplaces. Over the followi

Labour’s employment rights bill represents the most significant evolution for British workers’ rights in decades.

Great blog post by @josephevans.bsky.social @ippr.org #NewDeal
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"The Employment Rights Bill is set to make things fairer."

"The Government must stand firm behind its commitment to make work pay. By getting this Bill passed now, in full."

Great speech from Labour Unions Chair @joannethomas.bsky.social at @coopparty.party.coop conference today! 🐝🌹

HIGHLIGHTS: Yesterday, Labour MPs stood firm to vote down Conservative and Lib Dem amendments that would water down the landmark Employment Rights Bill. See the highlights here 👇

The votes are in: MPs have REJECTED the Conservative and Liberal Democrat attempts to water down Labour's landmark Employment Rights Bill.

Time for the Lords to get out of the way, so the Government can deliver on their manifesto commitment to implement a New Deal for Working People in full.

It's time to end the political ping pong and pass the Employment Rights Bill, writes Katrina Murray MP | LBC Today's amendments to the bill from Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords must be defeated.

As the Employment Rights Bill returns to the Commons today,
@katrinamurraymp.bsky.social writes on why it's so important we stand against the Tories and Lib Dems' attempts to water down the Bill, and deliver the right for everyone to have a guaranteed hours contract ✍️
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So what happened with the Big Votes in the Lords on the Employment Rights Bill?

Unelected Tory and Lib Dem Lords passed amendments that undermine Labour's Manifesto - on Day 1 rights, Guaranteed Hours and Repealing the TU Act

Over to MPs now, to stand up for workers & their mandate from the public

Tory and Lib Dem Lords have voted to SCRAP Labour's new protections against being unfairly sacked from day one, meaning workers must wait 6 months for this to happen.

But this isn't over. When the Employment Rights Bill returns to the Commons, MPs can safeguard day one unfair dismissal protections.

They’re back at it again - the Tories and Lib Dems have worked hand in hand in the Lords to smash loopholes in Labour’s right for everyone to have a guaranteed hours contract.

They're siding with bad bosses over workers. Now over to the Commons to make sure working people get the rights they need.

Last year Labour were elected with a mandate for CHANGE – and their commitment to strengthening employment rights with the New Deal for Working People was spelled out in the Manifesto.

It’s time for unelected Tory and Lib Dem Lords to get out of the way, and stop blocking key manifesto commitments.

And it wouldn’t be the Tories without an attack on the right to strike – undermining Labour’s Manifesto commitment to repeal the 2016 Act by retaining the 50% turnout threshold

No other organisations are have turnout thresholds, and you don’t improve industrial relations by undermining union rights

There’s also a Crossbench amendment, backed by the Tories last time, to unpick the 2016 commitment on Political Funds: proposing that the Tories’ ‘opt-in’ is retained – undermining unions’ right to campaign politically, and giving unions different and more draconian rules than other organisations.

It’s not just the individual workers’ rights that the Lords have set their sights on – they’ve also been busy undermining Labour’s Manifesto commitment to repeal the 2016 Trade Union Act.

Tory peers have been very creative and have designed a new Super Loophole to undermine any of the rights in Part 1 of the Bill, by creating a new kind of work called ‘seasonal work’

This undermines the right to a Guaranteed Hours Contract, protection from unfair dismissal and Fire and Rehire & more

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The right to protection from being UNFAIRLY sacked (you know, the right to not be sacked on a whim) – Labour’s Manifesto set out this as a right from day one at work.

The Tory amendments would scrap that day one right, and mean workers have to wait 6 months for protection against unfair dismissal.

The right to have a Guaranteed Hours Contract that reflects the hours you work – the Lib Dems are adding a loophole – so workers can “opt out” from the right [AKA employers can ‘suggest’ their workers opt out].

The Bill already says workers can reject an offer of a Guaranteed Hours Contract.

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Quick reminder – Labour were elected last year with a stonking mandate from the public to implement the New Deal in full, and strengthen employment rights.

Now, Tory and Lib Dem peers are voting to smash loopholes in those workplace rights.

Let’s see what the unelected Lords are up to today.

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Big day today, as the Employment Rights Bill is back in the House of Lords.

Last time, Tory and Lib Dem peers backed bad bosses, to undermine key new rights in the Bill. MPs in the Commons sent their amendments packing, and now we’re back for round two…..

This is why they call it PING PONG.

Whether it's day one rights, the right to a guaranteed hours contract, or the repeal of the Trade Union Act - this is the change working people voted for, and the Government must stand firm against unelected Tory and Lib Dem Lords lining up with the Bad Bosses to water down workers' rights.

Bosses could still sack new hires under ‘day one’ workers' rights compromise Union bosses are open to concessions on probation amid warnings that boosted rights for workers from day one could harm the economy

Unions are crystal clear - the New Deal was a Manifesto commitment, and must be delivered in full. That means passing the Employment Rights Bill intact, and ensuring it is implemented robustly - so the rights deliver on the promise made to voters.

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'Out of touch' peers warned against blocking workers rights for millions TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak accused opponents of the workers rights' reforms of trying to "side with bad bosses" and warned they were out of step with the public

The right to a guaranteed hours contract & day 1 protection from unfair dismissal are manifesto commitments.
Time for vested interests in the Lords to get out of the way, so the Government can deliver the change the UK voted for.
Quite right @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
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And @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, thank you for always being a strong voice for unions and our members in the Cabinet.

Let's continue to work together to deliver the New Deal and win for working people.

Congratulations @lucympowell.bsky.social on your election as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party!

We're looking forward to working with you to strengthen the union link, push back against Reform and deliver the New Deal for Working People in full.

By delivering rights from day one, better parental leave and better sickness pay, Labour's New Deal for Working People will make work better and more secure. As @lukemurphy.bsky.social says, that's good for workers, good for businesses and good for the economy

Labour's New Deal for Working People will be the greatest uplift in workers' rights for a generation, raising pay and improving working conditions - that's why former trade union solicitor and now MP @warinderjussmp.bsky.social wants to see the New Deal delivered in full 🌹🌟