This is the history for the submission "Motion by Councillor John Carson:- "Council recognises that the COVID-19 pandemic brought into sharp focus the imbalance of power in the workplace that trade unions have long sought to rectify. Meanwhile, wages have stagnated for over a decade, and work is becoming increasingly insecure. Council notes that since the UK Conservative Government came to power 14 years ago, in-work poverty, low pay, and financial insecurity have become rampant. Incomes have stagnated and many workers have experienced real terms pay decline. In-work poverty has hit new highs, with one in six working households in poverty. Wages have suffered a decade of stagnation - the worst in over a century. Council believes that restrictive anti-trade union laws, most recently the Trade Union Act, have made it harder for unions to organise and stand up for their members. These restrictions mean workers are denied their fair share of the wealth they create, whilst a lack of collective representation has led to a race to the bottom. The right of unions to operate effectively in the workplace, in each sector of the economy, is vital for achieving fairness, dignity and democracy at work for all. Council believes Labour's New Deal for Working People, launched by Angela Rayner and drawn up in partnership with the trade union movement, is a comprehensive plan to improve the lives of working people by strengthening individual and collective rights - repealing anti-trade union laws, including the Trade Union Act, and introducing new rights to help unions bargain, recruit, organise and win a better deal for their members. Council in particular welcomes that this plan will be written into law within 100 days of the election of a UK Labour Government which would: - strengthen rights at work for all workers, from day one on the job. - end fire and rehire. - make work more family-friendly, and make it easier to balance work with home, community and family life. - ban zero-hours contracts and ensure everyone has the right to regular hours they can rely on. - strengthen trade union rights, raising pay and conditions. - bring in Fair Pay Agreements to drive up pay and conditions for all workers, using sectoral collective bargaining."".

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