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Articles by Justin Madders
'How Labour's new deal and industrial strategy help firms and help workers'
The UK has been . The Conservatives’ lack of industrial policy has left Britain at risk of losing the race for the jobs of the future. The Tories’ lack of an economic plan for jobs, growth and living standards has cost workers and industry dear. Pay packets are still worth less than in 2010, insecure work has exploded, and business investment is the lowest in the G7.
Stronger unions mean stronger rights at work. I urge everyone to join today – LabourList
As the government continues to push through its minimum service levels bill, representing a blatant attack on the right to strike, the Labour Party has used the opportunity to reinforce the close relationship we have with the unions. Indeed, this historic relationship is a source of strength for our party, and it is certainly a source of pride to me and a huge factor in the shaping of my political outlook.
The Tory anti-strike bill drives a coach and horses through fundamental rights – LabourList
It is clear that, after a decade of public sector pay falling behind the cost of living and with a workforce struggling to cope with the impact that austerity has had on the services that they are trying to deliver, millions of workers feel the below inflation pay settlements that they have been offered now do not represent a fair deal or an adequate recognition of their contribution over the last few difficult years.
We will legislate to protect gig economy workers and end the race to the bottom – LabourList
A wonder of the modern age is that almost any item imaginable can be ordered to arrive at your doorstep the next day. But behind that remarkable shift lies a much darker tale for those delivering these parcels in the ‘final mile’. To find out more, I spent the day with a courier working for not one but two well-known delivery companies.
As Johnson leaves the stage, workers must resist the clampdown on trade union activity
Trade unionists can be forgiven if they were momentarily distracted last week. Amidst a ‘summer of discontent’, in the aftermath of nationwide rail strikes and with more on the horizon, the dramatic unravelling of Boris Johnson’s premiership across three days of resignations, negotiations and backstage manoeuvring understandably dominated headlines.
Breaking strikes using agency workers is recklessly gambling with public safety – LabourList
The government’s move to replace skilled and safety-critical workers on strike, published today, is deliberately inflammatory. It is also a totally reckless threat to public safety. Tory ministers are acting as arsonists rather than firefighters as they fan the flames of division in the country they are meant to govern. Rather than do their job and fix the mess they have created, they are seeking to deflect and distract from their discredited and aimless government.
HeartUnions week: Why Labour's new deal for working people is so important
This year’s HeartUnions week, 14th-20th February 2022, is a chance to tell the story about why unions are vital for everyone at work, and encourage them to join a union. Labour understands how pivotal work is in people’s lives – that’s why our new deal for working people is so important. Throughout the pandemic, working people have been keeping the country on its feet.
The Taylor review recommendations still haven’t been implemented – why not? – LabourList
It is now over 1,650 days, or four and a half years, since the Taylor review was published. That was when over 50 recommendations were made on how to begin to tackle the unfairness and exploitation involved in many gig economy jobs, yet fewer than ten of these proposals have actually been implemented by the government. The Queen’s Speech from December 2019 had the promise of an employment bill in it, which was expected to deal with many of the remaining recommendations.
Patient care, not private profit. How we want to amend the health and care bill – LabourList
73 years ago, a Labour government created the National Health Service. Its introduction transformed lives, giving access to world-class healthcare for all, regardless of their ability to pay. If there’s one thing the Tories shouldn’t touch, it’s our NHS. They voted against its establishment 22 times and they have never been on its side. And yet, they keep trying to change the way it operates.
Labour must be prepared for when the shine wears off this government – LabourList
There were plenty of warnings that Hartlepool would be a struggle if you cared to look for them. We scraped home with just over one third of the vote in two of the last three elections, we have been losing council seats there for some time and there were 10,000 plus Brexit Party voters who were looking for a new home. Our activists and candidate worked incredibly hard in the by election but six weeks of activity does not make up for six or 16 years of perceived neglect.
Our test-and-trace system is a long way off “world-beating”, Prime Minister – LabourList
As we have seen an easing of lockdown measures, a reduction in hospital admissions and the end of the government’s daily press conferences, we might have expected there to be a drop in coronavirus-related news. But the reality is very different. There has been an uptick in cases and more local restrictions – it seems every day something comes out which brings big questions about the government’s handling of the pandemic.
We need a fully-resourced plan for mass testing and contact tracing
More than two months after the government said it was no longer necessary to identify every new case – and abandoned the World Health Organisation’s standard containment approach of find, test, treat, and isolate – Matt Hancock announced details of the next phase of their testing and tracing strategy.
Coronavirus is shining a spotlight on the perils of insecure work
The perils of the gig economy and the increasing prevalence of insecure work have been intermittently on the political agenda for a number of years. But it is only with the coronavirus outbreak that the scandal of our fragmenting and fragile economy has really come to the fore. The government’s response so far has exposed its lack of understanding of how the economy has changed for millions of people over the last decade.
Justin Madders: No debate, no transparency – it's the latest Tory NHS reforms | LabourList
You’d be forgiven for not knowing that we are in the midst of even more reorganisation of the NHS. It is in part an attempt by the NHS leadership attempt to reverse the impact of the Health & Social Care Act via any means that does not require primary legislation. Everyone now seems to acknowledge that the top-down reorganisation has been as much of a disaster as Labour warned that it would be at the time.
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