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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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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Unions cry foul as European proposals to tackle exploitation of migrants face yellow card
I’ve written before about how the European Union provides the best opportunity to prevent the exploitation of workers who are temporarily posted to other EU countries (and thus the undercutting of the existing workforce.) The best avenue for such action would be revising the EU’s Posted Workers’…Read more…
‘Death knell for key industries’
The decision by the European Parliament recently to oppose granting Market Economic Status (MES) to China is very welome. It follows extensive lobbying by Unite and our global union with the US…Read more…
UNISON Ramain In the EU
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Use your vote to remain in Europe, UNISON urges young workers
Young people are being encouraged to vote remain on 23 June to safeguard the rights of millions of workers – and their own futures. UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis today (Friday) called on the…Read more…
A history lesson for Iain Duncan Smith
Iain Duncan Smith has attempted to appeal to the Left with today’s argument that the EU and “uncontrolled immigration” has caused a downward pressure on wages. Despite being at the forefront of taking from the have nots and giving to the haves for years, he’s now blaming the…Read more…
Greens present draft EU law on whistleblower protection as Deltour trial continues
The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament are presenting a draft for a new EU directive on whistleblower protection, in the face of the continued failure on the part of the European Commission…Read more…
Health and safety: Another reason for staying in
Yesterday tens of thousands of trade unionists took part in activities to commemorate those who died through work. The theme of Workers Memorial Day was “strong laws, strong enforcement , strong…Read more…
Fighting for a fair and social Europe
#STUC16 The STUC is to launch a campaign promoting the employment rights the EU has delivered for working people and will oppose attempts to ‘water down the benefits of a Social Europe.’
It also rejected calls to campaign to leave the EU.
Backing the USDAW motion, UNISON NEC member Gordon McKay explained why the union’s leadership had decided to campaign in the referendum to stay in the EURead more…
Members need a strong and focused union to help them survive ‘crisis after crisis’
NEC hears update on Trade Union Bill and agrees EU referendum campaign
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UNISON to campaign for the UK to stay in Europe
UNISON is to campaign for the UK to stay part of the European Union, and will be encouraging its 1.3 million members to vote remain on 23 June. The decision was taken today (Wednesday) at a meeting…Read more…
Brexit won’t save UK steel – The government could already do much more within the EU
Tata Steel, the second largest steel producer in Europe, employs thousands of British workers. Its plan to sell its UK assets has kicked the UK’s steel industry crisis up a gear, with up to 40,000…Read more…
The EU is exporting UK neoliberalism to the rest of Europe
29 March 2016
By Aristea Koukiadaki, Isabel Távora and Miguel Martínez Lucio
In the first of a series of articles highlighting the impact of EU austerity measures on levels of collective…Read more…
TTIP negotiations ‘On the wrong course’, say EU and US union leaders
The agreement must not include a private justice system for foreign investors…Read more…
If Remain want our votes they have to make it personal
An article in today’s Telegraph should act as a spur to everyone in the Remain camp. Lynton Crosby – The Wizard of Oz – has been looking behind the poll numbers to gauge the motivation of supporters of Leave and Remain to go out and vote. The results which point to a possible Brexit,…Read more…
A social pillar to shore up Europe’s cracking foundations
Last week the European Commission suddenly woke up to the needs of working people. After years of almost no initiatives in the social and employment fields, reinforcing the perception of the EU as just a business club, we got something to deal with the pay of workers temporarily sent to work in…Read more…
“Guten tag, pet!” Reforming the Posted Workers Directive
On Tuesday (8 March) the European Commission announced a long-waited revision of the twenty year-old Posted Workers Directive, which regulates the entitlements of workers sent by their employer to another EU country on a short-term project. Think of the characters in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet – they…Read more…
Brexit won’t raise wages: why Sir Stuart Rose is wrong
We got an object lesson yesterday in why workers and their representatives need to play a more prominent role in the EU referendum campaign. Sir Stuart Rose – former boss at non-union Marks & Spencer, and now chair of Britain Stronger in Europe – appeared to suggest that leaving the…Read more…