When you’re considering how to vote in the EU referendum later this month, here are five key points to have in mind
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Migration and the EU referendum
UNISON produces two new factsheets on migration and an inclusive Europe as part of campaign for a Remain vote in the EU referendum on 23 June
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Rights ‘under great threat’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey joined nine other trade union leaders in urging union members to vote to remain in the EU. In a letter published in the Guardian today (June 6),…Read more…
United in our condemnation of the ugly rhetoric employed by Brexit campaigners
Although UNISON is encouraging a Remain vote, it’s clear that there are arguments for leaving the EU. But they aren’t being made by the bilious, hate-filled campaigns aiming to drag us into…Read more…
Leaving Europe can only be bad news for energy bills, consumers and the battle to keep the lights on
In a referendum campaign marked by claim and counter claim with each seeking to outdo the other, I believe the recent statements from the Brexit camp that leaving Europe would lead to lower fuel bills have been some of the most brazen. In fact looking at the industry and the many challenges it…Read more…
‘Grounding the debate’
Brexit will cause average weekly wages to be £38 lower by 2030, a TUC report has found. The Better Off In report also showed that leaving the EU would hit the manufacturing sector hardest,…Read more…
Beware the NHS myths from Gove and the Brexit Bunch
As the economy stutters, more people lose their jobs, tax receipts fall and services are cut, do you trust Michael Gove and Boris Johnson to defend our health service and fund it properly?
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Jeremy Corbyn has adopted a different and welcome tone in the EU debate
Like UNISON, Jeremy Corbyn has long-standing criticisms of the European Union, but also appreciates what membership provides for the British people – especially in terms of workplace rights,…Read more…
To remain and then reform
Working people are better protected if the UK stays in the European Union, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn asserted today (June 2). Arguing that “too much of the debate so far has been dominated…Read more…
UNISON’s referendum campaign reaches new heights
‘Don’t risk our NHS, vote to remain in the EU’ urges giant banner at UNISON Centre
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The cost of Brexit for working people: Lost wages, lost jobs and lost rights
So far, much of the referendum campaigns have passed people by. Macroeconomic statistics and theoretical arguments have little relevance to their lives. So today we’re publishing new research underlining the real cost to workers. And we’ve taken a straightforward approach. As our new posters…Read more…
Register to Vote in EU vote – online in 5 minutes (By 7 June)
If you haven’t registered to vote – Click on https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. It will take about 5 minutes and all you need is your national insurance number (on a pay or pension slip, tax form, or plastic card). You can even use a smart phone…Read more…
The EU: in or out – Newham Compass debate 13 June
This should be interesting. I have not heard anyone yet speak on behalf of “Labour Leave”. Read more…
10 top Brexiteers explain why they’re a danger to our rights at work
From paid holidays to pregnancy rights, and from safety standards to protections from discrimination. Every right that’s guaranteed by European law is a right that trade unions fought for, to improve the lives of working people. Together they form a vital layer of protection to stop our own…Read more…
EU referendum campaign: hearing from women at last
Over the last week, a new group of voters has risen to some sort of prominence in the EU referendum campaign, despite previously being pretty much ignored in the coverage of the increasingly febrile…Read more…
Let women be heard
Women’s voices are being drowned out of the EU referendum debate and must be heard, senior Labour women have said. The call, made on the same day as the TUC published a report highlighting the…Read more…
Forest Gate “Labour In”
Picture is from the stall on Saturday in Forest Gate of West Ham CLP supporters campaigning for “Remain” in the EU referendum.
This was led by our MP Lyn Brown (left of picture).
There was a very good response. Lots of “thumbs up” and positive commen…Read more…
Does Steve Hilton’s ‘blue sky thinking’ give the game away on Brexit and pregnancy rights?
Today Steve Hilton, the PM’s friend and former adviser, is making the headlines for declaring his support for Britain to leave the EU. In an article in the Daily Mail he makes his case for Brexit claiming that Britain’s membership of the EU makes the country “literally ungovernable”. He complains:…Read more…
The Brexit campaign are peddling utter nonsense on the NHS
In recent weeks those who want us to leave Europe – the Tory headbangers, UKIP and friends – have been claiming that the NHS will get more money if we leave the EU. That’s utter nonsense. These are…Read more…
Why I want to see the UK economy getting stronger and fairer in the EU
In just over a month from now our country will make one of the biggest decisions it has faced in a generation. In campaigning on this issue the first thing I hear on the doorstep when discussing the EU referendum is that the level of debate so far has been very negative on both sides…
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