UCATT has seconded a motion for the Labour Party to carry out a 'fundamental and radical' review of its policies on employment rights.

The motion was overwhelmingly supported by Conference, which commits the party to hold a working party to bring forward a "New Deal for Workers to be published in advance of Party Conference 2016."

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Brian Rye, Acting General Secretary of UCATT, said: "For the majority of private sector construction workers. Employment tends to be: nasty, brutish and short. Most workers do not have a permanent employer. Most large construction companies barely employ a single construction worker."

The motion suggests that a New Deal for Workers should include:

• A Ministry of Labour to advance the interests of workers.

• New employment measures that “ensures that all workers are entitled to full employment rights from day one of employment.

• Replacing the minimum wage with a genuine Living Wage.

• The abolition of Employment Tribunal Fees.

(LM/MH)