The House of Lords once again voted to block parts of the Employment Rights Bill last night.
Steve Wright, Fire Brigades Union general secretary, said:
“For 14 years, the Tories hammered the living standards of working people. They are now using the unelected Lords to continue that policy.“This is a disgraceful attempt to subvert democracy. The Employment Rights Bill was a clear manifesto commitment, and the electorate has backed it.
“The Labour government cannot allow the Tories to use their inbuilt majority in the Lords to deny workers protection against unfair dismissal and zero-hour contracts.
“There must be no more watering-down of the Bill. Keir Starmer must prioritise the urgent delivery of the legislation - and get it passed before the Christmas recess. If that means MPs must sit on a Saturday, as the Commons did during Brexit, then so be it.”
