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THE SNPs flagship employment programme is weak, limited and oversold, according to a leading Scottish thinktank. The Jimmy Reid Foundation said the rhetoric behind Fair Work was not matched by action and it was “improbable” it would achieve its goal by the end of the parliament. It also identified an “underlying falsehood” in the Government’s own assessment of the scheme, with ministers taking credit for changes driven by other factors in society. It said trade union action had produced many more tangible improvements in workplaces than Fair Work, which was based on cajoling bosses to do the right thing.