THOUSANDS of disabled trade unionists vowed yesterday to end the scandal of zero-hours contracts.
Delegates at the TUC disabled workers conference threw their backing behind a motion demanding the exploitative terms be scrapped and calling for full employment rights.
“These contracts are not contracts, they are diktats,” said National Union of Teachers delegate Allan Gray.
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE


