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I thought that France has even worse labour laws ? and yet you want to be closer to them and you want to harmonise our laws ever more with them by being in the EU. Who has said workers rights would be diminished by brexit. 

I am not expert on French Labour laws, but I would be very surprised if workers in France have even less rights than we have here in the UK.

Wouldn't it be better for you and your trade union cause to be free of the EU and to be able to fully decide on our own laws/ legislation / workers rights that fully fits our needs.

Our trade union cause.  Trade unions are for all.  Trade unions exist for the benefit of us all, including business.  The EU is the biggest single free trading market in the world.  It accounts for 25% of global GDP.  It’s on our door step.  We cannot afford to ignore it.  It’s pretty obvious that to have such a massive and open trade arrangement, without restriction and tariff, you have to then have common standards.  Trade Unionists are not by nature isolationist, we believe in rights for all, not just in the UK, not just across the EU, but ultimately common rights and standards across the globe. 

By remaining in the EU you are further away from getting what you want regarding workers rights I would of thought.

The dream of the Tory party is a zero hours low wage economy. 

Hasn't the working time directive been agreed by the EU and we have to implement it ?

We are the EU.  The policy was negotiated with and agreed by the UK along with all the other member states.  The EU is a democracy after all, and one which works on the principle of consensus.


The Tories will of course aim to scrap the working time directive all with all the other EU work place legislation.  Back in 2015 David Cameron tried to negotiate out of the working time directive.  Mr Cameron also tried to scrap laws granting agency workers the same pay and rights as full time employees.