Leave campaigners have announced plans to scrap workers’ rights, says TUC
“Leave campaigners keep telling us they think that working people’s rights are ‘burdens’ that should be scrapped. So our advice to working people is clear – if you want to keep your rights at work, vote Remain.”
7 June 2016
Commenting on the launch today of a campaign poster by the Labour Party, which warns voters that they will lose rights at work if the UK leaves the EU, TUC Deputy General Secretary Paul Nowak said:
“Leave campaigners keep telling us they think that working people’s rights are ‘burdens’ that should be scrapped.
“Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage say they want to get rid of EU working time protections – the ones that guarantee you 20 days paid holiday. And Priti Patel told business leaders that if Britain leaves the EU the government can scrap half the rules that protect people at work.
“So our advice to working people is clear – if you want to keep your rights at work, vote Remain.”
NOTES TO EDITORS:
- For more information on the workers’ rights that Brexit campaigners say they want to scrap, see the TUC blog:
10 TOP BREXITEERS EXPLAIN THE WORKERS’ RIGHTS THEY WANT TO SCRAP
All TUC press releases can be found at www.tuc.org.uk
- Follow the TUC on Twitter: @The_TUC and follow the TUC press team @tucnews
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