The Union wish list

Over at Red Box, Sam Coates runs down what the brothers appear to want for bailing Labour out of its present financial difficulties:

1. Windfall tax for energy companies (floated by both Dubbins and Simpson) 2. Legislation to require companies to carry out equal pay audits, to close the gap between male and female pay 3. Higher business taxes, following research cited by unions showing “the UK’s top companies are already saving £20 billion a year on tax through allowances and concessions”. 4. New rules are introduced to ensure employees in companies subject to private equity takeovers have their rights protected. 5. Forcing companies to allow more flexible time off for new families 6. An end to the ban on secondary industrial action introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s government, although the government is unlikely to bow to this. 7. Compulsory provision of ¬private pension schemes equivalent to a minimum wage for pensioners for staff of all UK companies.