Coronavirus has put Norwegian back into the kind of local operating realm once expected for a small Scandinavian business, before it decided to wrongfoot the wider world with a wildly ambitious expansion. A combination of the internet, globalisation, changing consumer expectations and a step-change in aircraft fuel costs created the apparent possibility for a new airline to undercut established rivals and open up a new market of no-frills transatlantic flights, for better or worse. … [Read more...] about Moves by Kwarteng to attack workers’ rights may well run into a red wall
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Doubts cast on Theresa May’s pledge to protect workers’ rights post-Brexit
“I suspect there will be an incremental loss over a period of time. A lot of rights are currently covered by EU law. The things I think will be particularly vulnerable are around situations in redundancies, protection against discrimination, health and safety regulation and working-time rights,” she said. … [Read more...] about Doubts cast on Theresa May’s pledge to protect workers’ rights post-Brexit
Voice of the Mirror: Bonfire of workers’ rights after Brexit was always Tory plan
Let’s not forget that four Cabinet members – Dominic Raab, Priti Patel, Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng – co-wrote a book criticising the UK’s “bloated state, high taxes and excessive regulation” and dismissed British workers as “among the worst idlers in the world”. … [Read more...] about Voice of the Mirror: Bonfire of workers’ rights after Brexit was always Tory plan