{"id":1118,"date":"2014-09-07T19:04:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T18:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2014-09-08T14:21:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T13:21:49","slug":"stop-super-rich-tax-scammers-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=1118","title":{"rendered":"Stop \u00e2\u20ac\u0098super rich, tax scammers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite delivered a blistering attack on the Tories plans for trade unions at the TUC today (September 7), kicking off the conference in fighting style.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In what was nothing less than a \u00e2\u20ac\u0098fight back\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 speech, Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner demanded fairness for trade union members.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But, he said, a fairer Britain for all could not be achieved without strong trade unions \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which represent, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bsix-and-a half million decent men and women, the hard working, tax paying backbone of our society\u00e2\u20ac\u0165.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Steve Turner mocked the Tory proposals for new 50 per cent thresholds for industrial action ballots and said that the discredited Carr review was \u00e2\u20ac\u015bonly a smokescreen\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 for the latest Conservative attack on unions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in the debate on trade union and employment rights, Steve Turner said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThresholds that would remove Cameron and his millionaire Tory cabinet from office.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He castigated the gross power imbalance that allows five men, including the land-rich Duke of Westminster and Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley, to accumulate more wealth than the poorest 20 per cent of UK citizens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t address wealth and income inequality without having strong trade unions, employment rights and effective collective bargaining.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Britain did not need a society of \u00e2\u20ac\u015btax scammers who dodge their dues or the super-rich who have bought the Tory party.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The motion was carried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite delivered a blistering attack on the Tories plans for trade unions at the TUC today (September 7), kicking off the conference in fighting style. &nbsp; In what was nothing less than a \u00e2\u20ac\u0098fight back\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 speech, Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner demanded fairness for trade union members. &nbsp; But, he said, a fairer Britain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[86,85],"wps_subtitle":"Unite fights back against Tory Britain","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1119,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118\/revisions\/1119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}