UNIONS must put pressure on the Labour Party for a second Employment Rights Act (ERA) to “finish the job,” the BFAWU annual conference heard today.Institute of Employment Rights (IER) chairman Lord John Hendy KC told delegates, referring to a potential leadership contest within the ruling party: “Now is the moment when trade unions could come together and say, whoever the new leader is, if you want to be elected, you’re going to have to put back what has been taken out of the [ERA].”

UNIONS must put pressure on the Labour Party for a second Employment Rights Act (ERA) to “finish the job,” the BFAWU annual conference heard today.

Institute of Employment Rights (IER) chairman Lord John Hendy KC told delegates, referring to a potential leadership contest within the ruling party: “Now is the moment when trade unions could come together and say, whoever the new leader is, if you want to be elected, you’re going to have to put back what has been taken out of the [ERA].”

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