TUC: Theresa May must not break her promise to have workers on company boards

Tuesday 22 Nov 2016 @ 14:10
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Commenting on yesterday’s (Monday) speech by the Prime Minister at the CBI, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“Theresa May made a clear promise to have workers represented on company boards. The proposals in her speech do not deliver on this.

“This is not the way to show that you want to govern for ordinary working people."

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