Labour to end exploitation
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http://press.labour.org.uk/post/105262118234/launch-of-labours-second-election-pledge
Quote:1. Labour’s proposal for a new law against exploitation has been heavily influenced by the example of Germany, where similar legislation exists.
Labour is proposing to extend these principles into UK legislation – by incorporating undercutting into our new criminal offence of exploitation.
Yay! They're going to make exploitation a crime! It's over, the class war is over, we've won.
Erm…
They do make an interesting point:
Quote:The Government is also failing to clamp down on employers who do not pay the National Minimum WageIn each year since 2010 the Government has issued fewer fines than Labour’s last year in Government, with the overall value of fines issued to businesses falling by over 53 per cent compared with 2009/10 in 2012/13.As we've always said, minimum wage legislation needs to be enforced, , and simply turning a blind eye allows employers to ignore the law (that and letting it slide in real value terms).
Using anti-slavery laws…shame they cannot be used against wage-slavery http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/15/three-arrested-slave-factory-manchester
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