Unite’s Sharon Graham warns Labour against diluting workers’ rights bill

Graham is pressuring the government not to backtrack on workers’ rights plans. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Unite’s general secretary, Sharon Graham, has issued a warning to the government, saying it should enact full reforms of workers’ rights in order to fulfil a “promise to the British people”.

The trade union leader said that the pledges to enhance the rights of employees were a central part of Labour’s election platform and that unions would not allow the employment rights bill to be weakened.