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Home arrow Holyrood news arrow News categories arrow Business, Industry & Economy (HCL04) arrow Scots MP calls for support for agency workers
Scots MP calls for support for agency workers Print E-mail
Thursday, 07 February 2008

Glasgow Labour MP John Robertson has called for action to guarantee equality of pay and conditions for agency workers in Britain.

Robertson has pledged his support for a private member’s Bill launched by Labour MP Andrew Miller calling on the Government to stop opposing an EU directive which would give Britain’s estimated 1.4 million agency workers more employment rights.

Robertson said:

“It is abhorrent and unjust to have a two tier system where 1.4 million people are treated as second class employees. We need to make sure that this blatant exploitation, which denies agency workers a fair day’s pay, is brought to an end. I am supporting Andrew Miller MP whose private member’s Bill seeks to redress the balance and give agency workers the rights and pay that other employees get, and which they are entitled to. Currently we have a staggered system which legitimises discrimination on an artificial basis and only leads to a race to the bottom in terms of pay and conditions.”

“Agency workers are often used to undercut permanent workforces and this serves to create division and resentment. The Labour movement has always been about people being stronger when they stand together – the many and not the few. Whilst agency workers often fill posts which are considered temporary and this is a legitimate part of the market, this does not justify second class treatment.”

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