Trade Union Workplace Access Debate
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Laurence Turner
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Trade Union Workplace Access
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Laurence Turner (Birmingham Northfield) (Lab)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. I draw attention to my chairship of the GMB parliamentary group. I am glad that he mentioned GMB’s frustrations with Amazon. Another sector in which that union and other unions have been frustrated is social care, which has been fragmented for three decades now. Does he agree that having a strong general statutory right of access must be complemented with an enhanced right of access under the forthcoming fair pay agreement in social care?
Andy McDonald
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The fair pay agreement architecture gives us a real opportunity to enhance the provisions.