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Greens pledge £15 minimum wage for all workers
Key takeaways
- The minimum wage is lower for people under 21The Green Party of England and Wales is calling for a £15 minimum wage for all workers, as part of a package of pledges on employment rights.
- Other promises in the party's "Worker's Charter" include protection from unfair dismissal from the first day in a job, as well as full bans on fire and rehire and zero-hour contracts.
- Leader Zack Polanksi said his party would go further than the government on workers' rights, claiming Labour's measures were "weak and have been watered down".
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Becky Morton Political reporter Getty Images. The minimum wage is lower for people under 21The Green Party of England and Wales is calling for a £15 minimum wage for all workers, as part of a package of pledges on employment rights.
Other promises in the party's "Worker's Charter" include protection from unfair dismissal from the first day in a job, as well as full bans on fire and rehire and zero-hour contracts.
Leader Zack Polanksi said his party would go further than the government on workers' rights, claiming Labour's measures were "weak and have been watered down".
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