Trade unions have pledged to champion living wage agreements and continue opposition to outsourcing before the next general election.
Announcing its campaign priorities for the next two years, the TUC said it would continue to mobilise resistance to austerity measures while maintaining pressure on government to establish a jobs guarantee for young people.
Public services must not be prioritising profits over the wellbeing of communities and pressure must be maintained to uphold quality, union leaders said.
Over the next two years the TUC has said it will continue work to create a stronger voice for workers in the management of companies, while fighting to retain rights to paid holidays and reasonable working hours.
TUC general secretary, Frances O’Grady, said: Not only will the TUC and unions continue to be the backbone of Britain’s anti-austerity movement but we will also lead the call for new economic ideas.
‘We will champion and work with those who are helping to create a fairer economy – from paying a living wage to giving staff a bigger say in how their company is run. As well as a decent wage, people deserve decent public services.
‘Having overseen the fragmentation of the NHS, ministers now want to introduce the profit motive into Britain’s schools. The TUC will fight this privatisation drive, which we know the public doesn’t support.’