[IER] The Government's response to the cost of living crisis is nothing short of class war

[Ben Sellers]

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The Government’s response to the cost-of-living crisis is nothing short of class war - John Hendy QC


In a two part article, originally published in the Morning Star, John Hendy QC examines the steady erosion of employment rights & collective bargaining over the last four decades:

"The fact is that the vast majority of British workers are not in a position to negotiate better wages; for them it’s “take or it leave it.”
And for most, they can’t afford to leave it. They don’t need the governor of the Bank of England to tell them to exercise wage restraint — they have no option."
 


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