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Phil Jones is a Senior Researcher at Autonomy and the author of Work Without the Worker (Verso).
As Britain undergoes its third heatwave of 2025, and Labour’s partially welcome Employment Rights Bill nears legality, there has been a glaring lack of attention to worker safety in hot weather. The government needs to act now.
Across Britain, millions of low-paid and precarious workers are denied even the insufficient rights that are afforded to others – it’s time to fight for universal workers’ rights.
For years, conditions in Britain’s workplaces have been deteriorating amid stagnant wages, insecure hours and a lack of protections – but in this election workers have a chance to vote for something better.