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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Heather Stewart

Labour to link government tenders to ‘unionised jobs’, Starmer tells GMB

Keir Starmer addresses the GMB congress in Brighton.
Keir Starmer addresses the GMB congress in Brighton on Tuesday. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

Keir Starmer has promised to use public procurement to help create “unionised jobs” in the UK, after being pressed by a striking GMB member from Amazon’s Coventry warehouse.

Speaking at the GMB’s annual congress in Brighton, the Labour leader was warmly applauded when he backed calls for Amazon to recognise the union in Coventry, calling it a “fantastic campaign”.

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