Greg Clark said the prime minister wanted workers to be represented, but not necessarily by having an employee on the board. “Having a glorified suggestion box or giving that responsibility to an existing member of the board does not amount to a genuine voice for workers. The only way you can have a genuine voice for workers is workers elect them.”She said people were fed up with the behaviour of some boards. “There has been a degree of snobbery about whether workers can cut it in the board room. If she doesn’t then people will question what other promises could be broken.”Clive Lewis, the shadow business secretary, said May had “rowed back on her flagship policy of putting workers on boards.

Source: The Guardian November 29, 2016 09:38 UTC