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Outcry over UK support for stripping workplace protections in Ukraine

British, Ukrainian MPs and trade unionists concerned by UK Foreign Office's sponsorship of Ukrainian labour liberalisation

Outcry over UK support for stripping workplace protections in Ukraine
October 2020: UK PM Boris Johnson and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet to sign a strategic partnership agreement | (c) PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo. All rights reserved
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British MPs are concerned that a Foreign Office project could help “remove 80% of Ukrainian employees from existing protections” in Ukraine, openDemocracy reports today.

A parliamentary motion by Labour MP John McDonnell responded to the recent publication of a leaked communications plan paid for by a UK Foreign Office aid fund.

The plan advises the Ukrainian government on how to push through reforms to labour legislation, which, the motion notes, could “undermine trade union rights” and remove many employees from secure employment.