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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

Unions press Labour on workers rights bill as hundreds of thousands ‘stuck’ on zero-hours contracts

Trade unions are piling pressure on Sir Keir Starmer not to row back on Labour’s workers’ rights package in search of economic growth, warning that hundreds of thousands of zero-hours workers are stuck under current rules.

The Trades Union Congress, the voice of Britain’s unions, said one in 12 of the workers have been with their current employer for more than a decade, while almost half have been in the same job for more than two years.

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