Labour Leader has warned that he is “selling out”
working people by whipping Conservative Members of Parliament to
vote down a Bill that could outlaw fire and rehire.
Starmer has accused the Prime Minister of “saying one thing and
doing another” by calling fire and rehire “unacceptable” but then
instructing his MPs to vote down an opportunity to ban it.
Criticising fire and rehire as an “appalling” and “despicable”
practice that cheats working people out of the pay and conditions
that they have earned through their hard work, Starmer said that
Boris Johnson’s support for fire and rehire sends a “clear
message that the Conservatives are not on the side of workers”.
Labour has set out its plans for a New Deal for Working People
which includes banning fire and rehire, increasing the minimum
wage to at least £10 per hour, giving all workers basic rights
from day one on the job, empowering workers and business to
collectively negotiate Fair Pay Agreements, increasing sick pay
and giving all workers the right to flexible working.
MP, Leader of the Labour
Party, speaking ahead of the debate and vote on
outlawing fire and rehire, said:
“The Prime Minister has himself described fire and rehire as
unacceptable so I urge him to stand by his own words, stop
selling out working people and join Labour MPs today to outlaw
this despicable practice.
“Fire and rehire is an appalling tactic to get around the law and
cheat working people out of the pay and conditions that they have
earned through their hard work.
“Whether it is supporting fire and rehire, hiking their taxes or
cutting their Universal Credit Conservative Ministers are making
working people pay the price for the government’s failures."
Notes to Editors
has called fire and rehire
“unacceptable”: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57670287
Labour’s New Deal for Working People: https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Employment-Rights-Green-Paper.pdf
