LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn announced plans this weekend for a workers’ rights commission in a bid to end the “scourge of in-work poverty.”

Mr Corbyn revealed at Unite’s first Scottish policy conference that former miner and shadow minister for trade unions Ian Lavery will chair the body aimed at curbing the “unaccountable power” of bosses and putting “power in the hands of the worker.”

The Star understands that TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady will also be among the 10-strong advisory panel of experts.

Speaking in Glasgow, Mr Corbyn explained the group’s recommendations will form the “positive charter of employment rights” that will replace the Tory Trade Union Bill under a Labour government.

He said: “Not only will we repeal the Trade Union Bill when we get back in 2020, we will extend people’s rights in the workplace — and give employees a real voice in the organisations they work for.

“That means new trade union freedoms and collective bargaining rights, of course, because it is only through collective representation that workers have the voice and the strength to reverse the race to the bottom in pay and conditions.”

Mr Corbyn also paid tribute to workers at the Grangemouth refinery who were held to ransom by Ineos boss Jim Ratcliffe in 2013, adding that the billionaire’s conduct “showed why we must strengthen trade union and employment rights.”

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey welcomed the announcement as the first step for Labour in winning back the confidence of the Scottish people, “alienated” under Tony Blair. He said it was “nonsense” though that May’s Scottish Parliament elections were a referendum on Mr Corbyn’s leadership and promised his union’s continued support.