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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Larry Elliott Economics editor

Labour must take immediate action to deliver on workers’ rights, says union chief

Junior doctors hold orange and white placards reading 'pay restoration for doctors'
Matt Wrack said Labour had to find a way of settling the junior doctors’ pay dispute. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty

Labour’s post-election honeymoon will be short-lived unless it takes immediate action to deliver on workers’ rights and brings a swift end to 14 years of public sector pay restraint, the president of the TUC has said.

Matt Wrack, also the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), said Sir Keir Starmer should convene a summit with unions within days to plan how a new government would deliver for workers if Labour is victorious in Thursday’s election.

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