BOSSES should be obliged to report on pay for disabled people to help tackle the “shocking” disability pay gap of 15 per cent, a senior trade unionist said today.
TUC deputy leader Paul Nowak also took aim at the Tory government’s toothless attempt to close the pay gap in his speech at the TUC’s disabled workers’ conference.
He said: “Instead of punitive welfare reforms, let’s have a clear strategy to help more disabled people into decent, well-paying jobs.”
TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK tells Ben Chacko that Labour can win back disillusioned voters by delivering workplace reforms, rebuilding trust and challenging the far right’s growing influence
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE



