This is the much-vaunted Fair Work Agency, or what survives of it after Starmer’s repated wattering down of what was promised to the unions. Well done Sharon for laying it on the line.
The Fair work Agency was supposed to enforce worker’s rights and give a meaningful inspection regime for low pay, bogus self employment, holidat pay and all the other myriad abuses UK business and their crooked lawyers have dreamt up.
But a well-sourced report in The Guardian says that the Agency is going to be tasked with “thought leadership” (!) and – “reducing regulatory burdens”. (?!)
Fair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch | Regulators | The Guardian
Even the ex- head of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority said “… it was remarkable that none of the government’s priorities, which also include ‘intelligence and data’ and ‘public awareness and stakeholder engagement’, mentioned improving conditions for workers.” Quite so.
And what will the leaders of the other big unions say and do about this? Probably nothing. They have already gone along with every sell out at the Labpour Party NEC. At least Sharon Graham has called it out, saying the Agency risks being a “dead duck” before it’s even started. In fact it looks like they are covering for this latest act of treachery as an anonymous source – on the board of the FWA – said “Let’s give them the benefit of the doubt”.
Easy to say for a well paid and secure union bureaucrat.
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