Tories oppose ban on ‘fire and rehire’ – supporting oppression of employees by foreign bosses?
Apologies for using the ‘foreigners own UK businesses’ line but it is important to make the point that Brexit hasn’t stopped people from foreign countries interfering in employment practices here.
On the contrary – foreign ownership of UK businesses and assets is higher than ever. Weetabix was taken over by a US corporation four years ago – after the decision to quit the European that was motivated partly by a (racist) desire to stop foreigners from taking our jobs.
How is it better for foreigners to dictate increasingly worse pay and working conditions for people in this country?
And why is the UK’s Tory government – that pushed through Brexit as a way to counter foreign interference – supporting the exploitation of our workers via fire-and-rehire?
It doesn’t make sense, does it?
Look:
Legendary Labour MP Barry Gardiner put forward a parliamentary motion to ban the despicable practice of "fire and rehire".
Is anyone remotely surprised that the Tories sided with exploitative bosses to vote it down?
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) October 22, 2021
Exploitative bosses? Our Angry Yorkshireman must mean the Americans who are now in charge of Weetabix:
Getting Back Sovereignty – Foreign based big corps given Tory government wave through to buy British trademarked products, change recipes, cut portion sizes, close down/move manufacturing elsewhere and employ draconian measures to demolish workers rights plus their earnings…Yay! pic.twitter.com/zKz034o2w7
— ABee to the XYZee (@2L_ftf33t) October 22, 2021
So, what’s the message?
Johnny Foreigner coming to the UK to do work that British people won’t touch is bad…
But Johnny Foreigner owning UK businesses and attacking employees’ pay and conditions is good? For whom? It certainly isn’t helping you.
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Sir Keir Starmer’s labour also rejected to change it, why is that then?
You are mistaken. Labour supported this Bill.
But it is a hypocritical position because Labour has recently run a fire and rehire operation of its own, despite its stated position being of opposition to the practice.