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Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 March 2026

Debate

EU Directive: Adequate Minimum Wages

Contribution

I thank my noble friend for that reply, and I welcome this Government’s determination to deepen relations with the EU and ensure that UK workers’ rights do not fall behind those of their EU friends. This new directive has been described as a game-changer in the fight against in-work poverty and as strengthening a social market economy, because it is about promoting collective bargaining. The evidence is clear that the bigger the collective bargaining, the more workplaces are safe, more equal, healthier and more productive. Given that EU member states will now be required, where collective bargaining coverage falls below 80%, to devise with social partners action plans to promote collective bargaining, will my noble friend agree to talk to Ministers about convening a meeting with the CBI and the TUC so that we can devise our own action plan here in the UK?

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