General secretary Frances O’Grady calls on employees to band together to confront low wage growth and zero-hours contractsFrances O’Grady,the TUC general secretary, has urged workers to confront low wage growth and zero-hours contracts by joining a trade union, and as she warned of a lost decade in living standards.“To every worker – freelance,contract, temporary or permanent – I say: come by a group of your colleagues together and join a union. Feel that support, or that confidence and that pride that only comes when you stand with your workmates and exercise your collective sway to make working life better,” O’Grady said in a new year message.
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Source: theguardian.com