The NASUWT – the Teachers’ Union is today calling on the
government to repeal laws which allow schools to fire and then
rehire teachers with worse pay and working conditions.
Speaking at an NASUWT fringe meeting at the Labour Party
Conference in Brighton, NASUWT General Secretary Dr Patrick Roach
will call for the “shameful” practice to end.
He will be speaking alongside Labour MP , whose Private Members’ Bill would end the practice,
which allows employers to bully and dismiss workers from their
jobs, before offering them the same job with worse pay, pension
and working conditions.
The fringe debate will also hear from legal expert Rachel
Halliday of Thompsons Solicitors and Daily Mirror Associate
Editor Kevin Maguire.
Dr Roach is expected to say: “Fire and Rehire is wrong; it’s
unfair and it’s unjust. It is morally indefensible and degrading
and damages staff morale and threatens productivity,
“This shameful practice creates a climate of mistrust between
employees and their employers and is bad for workers and bad
business.
"The NASUWT welcomes the Labour Party's commitment to end the
practice of fire and rehire, but they should go further by
demanding the repeal of anti-trade union laws which allow bad
employers the opportunity to exploit workers by using these
shameful practices.
"Levelling up means ending inequality and injustice at work which
are holding back education and our economy
“No worker should be forced to take industrial action to ensure
that the terms of their employment contractual are respected
“Every worker has the right to be treated with decency and
respect at work
“Change the law to stop fire and rehire. Nothing else will do.”
