The silence is strategic

by coffeewalnut08

16 comments
  1. I bet you they’ll continue to remain silent, because many Reform supporters actually do support workers’ rights, and so it would look bad for Reform to pick a public fight over it!

  2. tell me you just look at the names of bills and not actually read them without telling me.

    like you know there was a clause about third party harm right? something can happen completely unrelated to the employee, work conditions and evaluations and be completely out of the businesses control and they can still be liable.

    to bring up the example used: if someone who works in a bar has been upset by something a customer has said and the business has handled it in the way that they should (having the customer removed) they are still liable for that, they can still be sued through the roof for money, automatically because it’s not about damages or anything it would be a breach of employment law under that bill.

    that is fucking ridiculous.

  3. But look over there, the foreigners are the ones causing you trouble, not us. So say the reform party. I can’t believe people fall for their obvious manipulation. It’s tragic that people chose to be so blind.

  4. It’s for their donors good, never workers!

    What worker do you know, who lives in a house worth less than £400k, can give Farage £9 million?

    Unions are collection of workers small donations!

  5. Of course, you won’t hear right wing parrot Laura Kuennesburg or any of her ilk challenging this in the media.

  6. Need to change this to great political memes, can’t remember the last time I saw a funny meme. Lighten up and get rid of the political nonsense

  7. Why is this page obsessed with reform?

    Clutching at straws with this one.

  8. Death, taxes and u/coffeewalnut08 having nightmares about Nigel Farage

  9. People either believe their government wouldn’t hurt them, or think they are special

  10. I wonder how many people have actually read through the bill in its entirety, and how many are just thinking “worker rights good, Reform say no, Reform bad”. There are some good things in there but also some very concerning things.

    This bill now makes businesses liable for the discriminatory actions of their customers and clients. For example, if you are in a pub and some tosser comes in and abuses you, the pub is now liable. If you are a customer service rep and some tosser abuses you, the company is now liable.

    It also gives unions and strikers even more leeway and power. Enjoying all of the constant train, bin, etc. strikes? Well buckle up because they’re about to get even more worse.

    People will now be immune from so called “unfair dismissal” after only 6 months. You know that useless employee that got sniffed out and gotten rid of? Well now they aren’t going anywhere, all they have to do is hang on for 6 months and they become just as entrenched as someone who has been at the company for years. Most likely companies will now be absolutely ruthless with new hires, getting rid of them before they’ve even been able to settle into things because it simply isn’t worth the risk giving them a fair chance if they are struggling. 

  11. Abuse of probation periods is a serous issue, but I don’t think scrapping them is the answer. 

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