Save the AWB
Ian Waddell, Unite national officer for the rural and
agricultural sector and Ivan Monckton, Unite executive committee
member, explain why the Agricultural Wages Board should not be
abolished.
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 Keep farm pay
national - stop the abolition
On Thursday 22nd July 2010 the coalition government announced
plans to scrap the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) putting thousands
of rural and agricultural workers' pay and conditions in
jeopardy.
The AWB has been in existence since the First World War and
protects agricultural workers pay and conditions. If the AWB is
removed not only will agricultural workers suffer but also their
employers, the farmers. Pay bargaining would become instantly
fragmented and every farmer that employs people would have to
become an employer overnight.
Abolition would give bad employers the opportunity to undercut
wage agreements in a race to the bottom as rates sink closer to the
national minimum wage. That's why Unite is campaigning to stop the
abolition of the AWB.
- Sign the online petition on the left
now
The Agricultural Wages Board has played an important role in
setting wages and terms and conditions of employment for farm
workers and in developing a highly skilled workforce in the rural
economy. The existence of the Agricultural Wages Board has promoted
harmonious industrial relations between farmers and farm workers,
so contributing directly to greater food security; I therefore
oppose the government’s proposal to abolish the Agricultural Wages
Board for England and Wales. Sign the
petition.
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