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When you bump into your Brex – awkward May and Juncker kiss
Brexit cliff edge will hurt our members and working people throughout the UK.
“If Theresa May has a modicum of real concern for the British people she will commit to establishing transitional agreements from the end of March 2019 that will last until a EU-UK trade deal that works for everyone is struck.”
Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer is also calling for a transitional deal and has made clear that Labour’s support of any final free trade agreement depends on six tests.
These include delivering “the exact same benefits” the UK currently has as a member of the single market and customs union, fair management of migration and the defence of rights and protections. Theresa May failed Labour’s
test
immediately after publishing the Repeal Bill on July 13 – because it will not transfer the EU’s charter of human rights into British law.
Unite is calling for the bill – which gives the government power to convert EU laws into British ones without parliamentary oversight – to have a 66 per cent voting threshold for the removal any EU legislation that protects workers and living standards.
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said, “We were promised that coming out of the EU would mean taking back control. Instead it looks like it is the government who will be taking all the control, taking unprecedented powers to sweep away vital laws and protections at a whim.
“That is why we urge the sensible voices
Nearly every major industry group has warned that the government’s aggressive brinkmanship is harmful to the UK economy and that crash- ing out of the EU with no deal will be a disaster.
from across the House of Commons to unite to build in protections for the people from the over-bearing power that this bill gives the government of the day.
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“That includes establishing a threshold to protect employment, safety and living standards from being swept away behind closed doors with a flick of the government’s pen.”
Len also urged members to contact the union if Brexit is affecting pay, conditions, investment or jobs in their workplace.
He added, “People may have voted to be out of Europe, they did not vote to be poorer or out of work. That is why we are urging members to sound the alarm, or even report on positive developments, when Brexit impacts on their workplace and their communities.”
To contact Unite’s dedicated Brexit team visit
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