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MINISTERS must legislate for workers’ control to stop bosses snatching the benefits of new technology away from them, a report published by the TUC today says.
A poll of British workers shows 74 per cent want new technology to be used to give them more control over their working lives.
But only 34 per cent think the profits brought about by increased efficiency will be equally shared out and 51 per cent expect managers and shareholders to hoard the gains produced by automation.
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
PAUL W FLEMING is unequivocal that Labour’s unpreparedness and resulting ambiguity on copyright in the creative industries has to be reined in with policies that will reverse the growing abuse by Big Tech AI
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP