dizzy: Work-shy malingerer Boris Johnson accuses people of being work-shy malingerers?
The former Prime Minister also thought consulting with employees and trade unions was “bollocks”
The former Prime Minister said workers who were worried about returning to work after the pandemic were “malingering work shy people”, the Covid inquiry has heard.
Boris Johnson also thought consulting with trade unions about back-to-work measures was “bollocks”, extracts from Professor Sir Patrick Vallance’s diary have claimed.
According to the diary from July 2021, Johnson dismissed consulting with workers or unions about concerns regarding returning to work after the pandemic, in his haste to remove all restrictions and get people back into workplaces.
“We can’t have the bollocks of consulting with employees and trade unions. They need to all come back to work,” the diary reads.
“All the malingering work shy people.”
The Trades Union Congess has pointed out in response that the law states, ‘staff and unions have to be consulted on safety in workplaces’.
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