{"id":8895,"date":"2016-06-03T11:58:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T10:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=8895"},"modified":"2016-06-03T17:44:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T16:44:05","slug":"grounding-the-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=8895","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0098Grounding the debate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brexit will cause average weekly wages to be \u00c2\u014138 lower by 2030, a TUC report<\/a> has found.<\/p>\n

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The Better Off In<\/em> report also showed that leaving the EU would hit the manufacturing sector hardest, risking jobs outside of London and the South-east and further widening inequalities across the UK.<\/p>\n

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TUC general secretary Frances O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Grady called for a change in direction of a debate that has \u00e2\u20ac\u015bso far been dominated by business interests.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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Instead of turning on the television and seeing \u00e2\u20ac\u015ba captain of industry accompanied by a politician in a hi-vis jacket talking about the pros and cons of the EU\u00e2\u20ac\u0165, O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Grady said the interests of working people needed to be properly represented.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u0098Chicken feed\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

She said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015b\u00c2\u014138 a week may not be much for politicians such as Boris Johnson \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a man who described his \u00c2\u0141250,000 fee for a weekly newspaper column as \u00e2\u20ac\u0098chicken feed<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bBut for millions of workers, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the difference between heating or eating, between struggling or saving, and between getting by or getting on.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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The report warned that the 50 per cent of British manufacturing exports that currently go to EU would be put a risk by a leave vote and emphasised EU support for \u00e2\u20ac\u015bhundreds of thousands of high-pay, high-skill, high-productivity manufacturing jobs.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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Workers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 rights would also be under threat, said the report, as EU membership guaranteed protections for equal pay, health and safety, maternity rights, working time limits, paid holidays, part-time work and anti-discrimination legislation.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe EU has delivered important rights for working people, particularly women. A Leave vote would give Conservative ministers the green light to repeal laws they have long dismissed as burdens on business,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Grady.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bPost-Brexit, it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hard to imagine a Conservative government watering down some of these protections for some or all workers.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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Analysis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The TUC estimates of lowered wages are reinforced by analysis on how Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s GDP will be affected by Brexit, carried out by a plethora of leading economic institutions.<\/p>\n

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By 2030 the research shows that weekly wages will not fall by \u00c2\u014138, but that they will be \u00c2\u014138 lower than they would have been if economic conditions had not been damaged by Brexit.<\/p>\n

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The TUC report came at the same time as Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) analysis<\/a> estimated that staying in the EU could create more than 100,000 British manufacturing jobs by 2030.<\/p>\n

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Leaving the EU would put every single one of these jobs in jeopardy, the CEBR asserted.<\/p>\n

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Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner hailed a welcomed change in the debate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s direction, saying it was about time the real threat to Britain was emphasised.<\/p>\n

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He said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWith the referendum debate becoming increasingly toxic and marked by Leave caricatures, this work by the TUC helps to ground the debate in the negatives of leaving for ordinary working people.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTogether with Jeremy Corbyn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s speech<\/a> on the need to remain and progressively reform the EU, with the greatest threat to working people coming from this Conservative government, ordinary voices are beginning to be heard in the EU referendum debate.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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