Keir Starmer forced to back down on workers’ rights plan | LBC analysis
For weeks there have been murmurings that Keir Starmer was preparing to water down Labour's New Deal for Working People.
The original plan included assurances on things like sick pay and maternity/paternity rights - as well as the 'right to switch off' (protecting workers from being contacted outside contracted hours). As part of Labour's charm offensive on businesses it was feared by unions that some of these promises may be rowed back on or watered down.
But unions are celebrating a big win as an agreement has been reached to retain the plan in its original form. Matt Wrack of the Fire Brigades Union was a crucial player in the crunch talks, and he joins Nick Ferrari to discuss what this deal means.
To argue the counter-point, The Telegraph's Deputy Comment Editor, Annabel Denham, also joins the programme (05:27), insisting these reforms are "unnecessary".
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More power to the unions, better rights to the workers
@DrunkDelilahBrewery
19 күн бұрын
Not if the Tories take us out of the ECHR !!!
@chatham43
19 күн бұрын
@Max Except those who voted Brexit of course!
Look how gutted tubby looks
@DianeD862
19 күн бұрын
He shows his true colours we should all boycott LBC.
@Morning404
19 күн бұрын
BRING BACK SANGITA.
Nick Ferrari really hasn't got a clue about the real world.
@Midland_Wolf_71
19 күн бұрын
He’s a disgrace, I dont know how he ever escaped the 1980’s…He certainly has no business pontificating in the 2020s
@chatham43
19 күн бұрын
@paul But thank goodness you do...and we really appreciate that!
hi, young(ish) person here, Annabel from the Torygraph does not speak for me. No more gig ecomony BS dressed up with plastic cladding to pretend it's an "opportunity". Thanks.
Clown talk today nick , embarrassing
Nick exposing himself as out of touch as always. “How could heat harm people? I’ve had warm baths every day of my life and suffered no ill effects” - spoken to a man burning to death
Nick showing he's out of touch with general man on the street. He's no better than a Tory.
@andrewlee8909
19 күн бұрын
My guess is he is a tory
@chatham43
19 күн бұрын
@vhero What are you better than?
Nick confused by the prospect of a week END
Ferrari living in a parallel universe
Where is award winning journalist SANGITTA ??? Why she was sacked ?
Right to switch off I’m happy with that no more being forced in on Sunday…
Glad the unions have had their say, we need a recovery of our rights and the ability to join a union regardless of where we work.
"Unions foil Starmer's plan to water down worker's rights" is the caption for this video. And then they go on to discuss a bill that proposes to strengthen them? Sorry, I know Nick is a Tory boy at heart, but I didn't he and his guests then discuss how Labour's proposed legislation actually strengthens worker's rights? That's some next level clickbait.
@sanchezz4387
19 күн бұрын
Just said that myself
@Rachel_M_
19 күн бұрын
Was just about to say that myself..... And those who only read the headline will be misinformed.... ... Perhaps a complaint to OFCOM is on order 🤔..
@grahambuckerfield4640
19 күн бұрын
Yes, after reading in some detail about the real story this is clickbait. Ferrari suggests fast and sleek, he is more like a clapped out and very wide Cadillac.
Ridiculous headline. This is a win and Labour definitely don't see it as a loss. They've set their stance to be more in line with the Union's preferences (which is a win for all workers).
Don’t worry Matt Wrack, Nick Ferrari speaks for his wealthy and super wealthy mates. Nick backs his rich mates and Tories always has always will.
@julesmorgan5986
19 күн бұрын
Ah! That's what he meant by 'The Boss Class' that needed pleasing over worker reform. 🤣
@chatham43
19 күн бұрын
@martin We need to spread that wealth out. The more wealthy..the better!
Nic is such a boomer can’t think differently
This privilege little tubby host ain't in the real world, the guy on the phone is clued up with real people in real jobs
Am I crazy that this title is the opposite of what happens in the interview?
@johnrussell3961
19 күн бұрын
They want to spin it as….vote labour…and the unions will run the country.. It never happened under Blair.
@SlowhandGreg
19 күн бұрын
The proposed legislation is under discussion to ensure it doesn't have unintended consequences I'm retired and do zero hour invigilator work at my local school which isn't fixed or permanent, zero hour should have been properly regulated by Blair he got talked out of it by Mandelson. We then saw the issues in the Cameron era of lack of regulation with the gig economy and huge numbers coming from Eastern Europe on zero hour low wage undermining established businesses and offshoring profits.
Ferrari is against anything that improves the rights of the British worker. As usual he is on the wrong side of the argument.
Oh so they can just sack anyone and no work contracts. It’s about time someone stood up for the working people
He wouldn't survive a day in the warehouse, tubby
@chatham43
19 күн бұрын
@football But you certainly did!
bring back Sangita
The Tories have left workers with less rights in Britain than workers have in Afghanistan.
@Trendycosmetics-os6gh
19 күн бұрын
You are having a laugh right! Labour is not for workers but Conservative is.
@royboy565
19 күн бұрын
@@Trendycosmetics-os6ghThats why the tories passed a Bill to make calling a strike requires one of the highest thresholds in Europe. That's why the tories voted against the minimum wage and holiday, maternity pay, etc. Thats why they are bending over backwards to meet with union bosses to end strikes. The tories have never been the party of the working class. You need a history lesson.
@Wilko710
19 күн бұрын
@@royboy565we have bigger problems, and it all came from weak labour votets.
@royboy565
19 күн бұрын
@@Wilko710Sorry, your comment makes no sense.
@Wilko710
19 күн бұрын
@@royboy565 oh sorry, can you not work it out.
14yrs of tori's mean people live w unsafe unfair jobs, no1 can build a life on zero hrs
English Revolution long overdue!
Workers ARE the businesses. WHO does the actual work? The handful of people at the top? Or the 50+ people below them. We need to level the playing field.
The bosses forget who’s the boss , it’s the employees, if employees are treated bad they will and can withdraw their labour, and I,ll say this wages have declined 40/50 percent since the 80s , one weeks wage paid one months rent /mortgage,
Two toffs telling workers they don’t need any more rights 😂 such incredible ‘journalism’
The video title the opposite of this video contents?? I'm confused by the video title.
The tories want a new police and crime bill every parliament. Why should we not debate and legislate for the workers, the majority of the population who after all Are the people who make the world the employers benefit from.
@Trendycosmetics-os6gh
19 күн бұрын
Labour Party can't be trusted for they are not for anything, they have no plan. Don't trust Mr Flip Flop Starmer.
Your assertion is so untrue! Nobody was backing down. Please report correctly no what you hope‼️
Skidmark Starmer is forever going round in circles!
Time for the unions to refund labour, when it's working against, working people, it's no longer a party for the working man, it's Starmers party, now, has nothing to do with workers, now the the anti union party
@pauln6803
19 күн бұрын
Did you not listen to what was being discussed? The video title is completely misleading.
@andrewalexander2699
19 күн бұрын
Ment to say defund labour
@royboy565
19 күн бұрын
@@andrewalexander2699Think you'll find it's the tories who are against workers rights that's why Labour is bringing in this new policy and the union are backing it.
Starmer is a poor man's Michael Foot
2 people talking about workers that have never done a days work in their lives
Nic should be sacked he doesn’t miss a trick he always as a go at Labour so one sided.I don’t even know why I am listening to him anymore.Does he read these comments LBC should.Boycotting this station.
@hobanagerik
18 күн бұрын
"Nic should be sacked he doesn’t miss a trick he always as a go at Labour" And James O'Brien doesn't do the same to the Tories? Give me a break. 🤣 James regularly manages to avoid commenting on Labour failings, be it corruption, gaffs or whatever. How many times has JoB ever lamented the constant stream of gibberish from Diane Abbots mouth, for example. Never as far as I know.
Ferrari. Why?
Less Ferrari and more Lada when it comes to speed of grasping the situation. Nice try, usual pathetic, resulting smear attempt failed again.
I kind of wish that they would add something for people who are actively searching for a job, eg. some eases in the recruitment process or other - it is such a pain to find a job, get a job and for sure to go through some unreasonable recruitment processes (those are ridiculous at times, eg a video-recording yourself for a supermarket restocking position - I’m not an actress), or hiring friends and family and friends of friends…
The funding to labour will dry up.....hence Starmer will U turn again 😂😂
@royboy565
19 күн бұрын
Think you have misunderstood what's happened.
Brixen going Well 👍🏻 then you fools
Anabel Denham, what a clueless individual.
So where have the Unions been the Last 15 years? They have done zipp for the worker in England
@johnrussell3961
19 күн бұрын
The workplace has been de unionised.
@iainraymond8310
19 күн бұрын
It's probably because we have far fewer legal rights in England than any other country in all of Europe, and also an anti-union anti-working class Etonian government.
@tonybrett5209
19 күн бұрын
Because Conservatives make promises and then renege. Unions have had their heads smashed against a wall over and over again.
@cliffhughes6010
19 күн бұрын
Still recovering from Thatcher and Blair
@MurphyOCP-001
19 күн бұрын
My union has secured my pay rises, maintained my terms and conditions, has been there whenever I’ve had a problem with my employer.
Nick shut up.
Such a cringe fest from Nick Ferrari A man utterly out of touch with the world
Click bait
And people dont understand why manufacturing jobs for the working classes are all now abroad......
@pauln6803
19 күн бұрын
Two sides to that: cost and the ease of dumping British workers. Manufacturing took advantage of cheap shipping and considerably lower costs - wages, worker protections, building and environmental regulations - of Asia, whilst at the same time it's cheaper and easier to drop a UK workforce than many other European countries. We can also attribute a lack of innovation, a culture of inefficiency and a failure to invest in both production methods and on a national level, infrastructure.
@user-iz9co4qf6z
19 күн бұрын
@@pauln6803 deindustrialization has happened to the EU and the US, particularly in the EU where regulations have destroyed the sector
Flip flop😂
Haha looks like he's about to have a heart attack
@jake751
19 күн бұрын
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Workers Union is a disaster. Why agree with Starmer who isn't for workers. More strikes under Labour if they win, which they won't win. Voters are not thrilled with this .
@royboy565
19 күн бұрын
This policy won't cause a ripple with the average voter. Cost of living, NHS, immigration, housing, education are the main concerns. Won't affect the polls one iota.
@jake751
19 күн бұрын
Why are you speaking on behalf of the country. Speak for yourself and not others.
workers rights cost jobs, labour have NEVER left office with unemployment lower than when they began a vote for labour is a vote for unemployment
@royboy565
19 күн бұрын
You do realise that without workers rights the average worker wouldn't have holiday pay, maternity pay, safety laws in the workplace, tribunals, wage structures etc... Maybe you preferred it in the mill owners day when the bosses called all the shots and employees were treated as a commodity? It's the 21st century not the 18th.
@tedtedtedtedted
19 күн бұрын
@@royboy565 well done, you've spouted the usual left-wing tropes, i guess it comes of not thinking for yourself in the future you might want to reflect on the effect of supply and demand on the conditions for workers, especially as skills are more and more required, i'll leave you with that thought for now
@royboy565
19 күн бұрын
@@tedtedtedtedtedObviously you don't like facts or the truth. I guess you are also a brexiteer. A workforce is happier and more productive with a fair wage and decent working conditions. Most modern employers know this.
@tedtedtedtedted
19 күн бұрын
@@royboy565 but that wasn't the point, try thinking for yourself again, spouting left-wing tropes isn't thinking !
Immigration is the problem first
@jake751
19 күн бұрын
It really isn't. Maybe in your head.
Don't trust starmer he is a liar
@MurphyOCP-001
19 күн бұрын
No he isn’t. Your mistrust is a you problem
@PaulK-ve1pu
19 күн бұрын
@@MurphyOCP-001 I'm afraid you are wrong. Starmer told various news outlets (Google if you like) that cutting off essential services to Gaza (electricity and water etc) was justifiable. Four days later its, "Nah mate, I never said that. You misunderstood me". He's a liar, a hypocrite and a disgrace to the Labour Party (this from someone who has always voted Labour. Not now)
@ehnowthen
19 күн бұрын
@@MurphyOCP-001 He is a liar, hence why he goes back on virtually all of his pledges, an undeniable fact.
If you are lucky enough to get decent job offer or just rich enough id recommend moving to Switzerland UK is going down hill fast healthcare is in shatters people being told that they cant get a ambulance out for ages Illegal immigrants getting four star hotels and housing paid rent agreements when british veterans and people who have worked and paid into the tax system for years cant get a council flat and then these illegal dingys get it straight away and paid for qhen others are on a list to be homed now thier being sent home but still it's wasted a ton of taxpayers money the damage has already been done Pip reveiw benefit crackdowns means that so many people who have major issues going to unfairly suffer i agree that thier are those who abuse the system but this type of crackdown will also make vulnerable people lose thier benefits as well ❤️🩹 Poor verterans on the street these people have served our country directly yet they are homeless and people who are illegally here get a housing accomodations just like that thats what hacks me off the most