All key workers deserve a pay rise – May Day message from Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the TUC:
This May Day we express our gratitude to key workers who are helping us through the coronavirus lockdown. As well as thanking workers, the government must give all key workers the pay, conditions and respect they deserve. That’s how to really thank the people who got us through this crisis.
“This pandemic show us how much we owe frontline workers. In health, in care and in all our vital services. They are the best of us and we say thank you.
But just saying it isn’t enough. Everyone who’s kept Britain going deserves a pay rise. That’s how to thank the people who got us through this crisis. And ministers must make a promise too. When this crisis is over, no back to business as usual. We need a new deal for working people, jobs for everyone, decent pay and a strong safety net.
Tough times are still ahead and that’s when you need your union. So, tell your children and grandchildren, your workmates and neighbours, It’s time to join a union.
This year we can’t all be together on May Day, so I send greetings from the TUC to workers across the country and across the world, stay strong, solidarity.”
This May Day (Friday 1 May), show your appreciation for all those key workers that are looking after us in these difficult times. Get on social media and thank a worker who’s made a difference to you. It could be your postie, shop worker, someone in the NHS, delivery driver, food worker or any other frontline worker.
The very least we can do is #ThankAWorker. Find out more
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