TUC urges people to think of low-paid workers on duty on Christmas Day Unions have highlighted more than one million workers will be working on Christmas Day, many on low wages and unpredictable zero-hour contracts.
TUC's general secretary Paul Nowak said: "Christmas Day is a special day that millions of us spend with our nearest and dearest.So we should all spare a thought for the people who will be hard at work keeping the country running.
But what’s often less well recognised is that many of these workers face insecurity every day of the year, and may not have a choice as to whether they spend the festive period with loved ones or hard at work, keeping the country running.
Many on duty on Christmas Day will be on low pay and on zero-hours contracts, especially in sectors like social care and hospitality.".
Ben Harrison from Lancaster University's Work Foundation said: "Most of us are aware that for lots of people, work doesn’t stop for Christmas.
