Like all governments plans for their future policies are made well ahead of the opportunity to implement them. History shows that when it comes to worker's righst and health and safety legislation, both are seen as unnecesary burdens on business by every Tory Government since Thatcher. Furthermore, the Trade Union Act 2016 has dramatically damaged the trade unions ability to defend their members rights. Indeed, the only laws that have been legislated to protect working people and their families have been introduced by the EU, and alwasy opposed by Tory MEPs in Bruxels. We have our fellow European governements to thank for the protection of UK workers in many cases, especially when it comes to health and safety at work. Now the Labour party has statred to highlight the loss of worker's rights and in doing so produced facts to back up their argument that under Boris Johnson. Michael Gove, Ia Duncam Smith and Priti Patel; a giant bonfire of employment rights will be lit by them once we leave the EU. Labour says leaving the EU would leave a future Tory government free to strip away important protections for workers and the environment underpinned by EU law. The rights at work on the ballot paper in this referendum include:
Many of those campaigning to leave the EU want to scrap and undermine workers’ rights. Last month Tory Employment Minister and Leave campaigner Priti Patel called for EU social protections and workers’ rights to be cut in the event of a vote to leave the EU. Source: Labour Party |