In an expansion of “wokery” in the workplace, Labour plans to force companies to pay for trade union equality officers. The Telegraph has the story.
Sir Keir Starmer’s party would introduce new statutory rights for “trade union equality reps” who would be able to take time out from their normal duties to carry out union activities.
The proposals are contained in its New Deal for Working People document.
It says: “Labour will introduce statutory rights for trade union equality reps in order to strengthen equality at work for all.”
But Conservative Party campaign sources argue that this will “cut productivity and hike costs” across both the public and private sectors.
They say that these measures, along with others in the policy document, constitute a “massive expansion in woke red tape” for companies.
Esther McVey, a Cabinet Office minister, warned that Labour will “waste taxpayers’ money on a massive expansion of wokery and virtue signalling, diverting time and money away from front-line police, doctors and teachers”.
She added: “Under Angela Rayner’s bung to the unions, companies will be enveloped in French-style union laws, pushing up costs. Her socialist ‘wokeforce’ will hammer productivity and make Britain less competitive.”
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