{"id":8993,"date":"2016-06-14T10:43:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T09:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=8993"},"modified":"2016-06-14T16:47:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T15:47:33","slug":"stronger-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=8993","title":{"rendered":"Stronger in"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s campaign is based on the message vote jobs, vote rights, vote Remain.<\/p>\n

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Vote jobs \u00e2\u20ac\u201c for the hundreds of thousands of our members, particularly in manufacturing, whose jobs depend on our membership of the EU.<\/p>\n

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Vote rights \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to protect some of our most important workplace rights that are underpinned by EU legislation.<\/p>\n

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And vote Remain \u00e2\u20ac\u201c because for trade union members, in the NHS and across the economy, our future is better as part of the EU.<\/p>\n

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Unite is clear \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the NHS is stronger when we remain part of the European Union. The biggest danger to the NHS is not the EU.\u00c2\u00a0 The biggest dangers are people like Boris Johnson, Ian Duncan Smith and Michael Gove who have spent their lives trying to destroy the NHS.<\/p>\n

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Hypocritical sham<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It is laughable that these same people now portray themselves as the health service\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great defenders. And what about Priti Patel promising \u00c2\u0141100m back to the NHS if we leave? This is fantasy economics, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also cruel and deceitful.<\/p>\n

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Her government has starved the NHS of funds and created chaos with a needless reorganisation that has cost it billions that ought to have gone to patient care.\u00c2\u00a0 She is part of a government that has alienated doctors and will place trainee nurses in financial ruin.\u00c2\u00a0 How dare she ask for our members and our communities\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 votes?<\/p>\n

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I believe that Unite members and the public generally can see through this shameful and hypocritical sham.<\/p>\n

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The NHS is under threat.\u00c2\u00a0 But not from Brussels.\u00c2\u00a0 It is under threat from this government and its agenda of cuts and privatisation.<\/p>\n

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Whatever it takes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It is Unite members \u00e2\u20ac\u201c dedicated health workers, in medical research, and working for our nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s physical and mental health, preventing disease, supporting new parents and helping our children thrive \u00e2\u20ac\u201c who know in their hearts and from their day to day experiences.<\/p>\n

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They know that the way to protect the NHS is more and sustainable funding underpinned by genuinely valuing the workforce and all that they do. Unite will do whatever it takes to defend the NHS because it is vital for every one of our 1.4m members.<\/p>\n

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Our NHS members have been telling us loud and clear how crucial it is that we remain in the EU for its future. They say the NHS could not function without the hard work and dedication of their colleagues who have come from across the EU to work alongside them, and in whose countries we access free health care.<\/p>\n

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Unite members in manufacturing, aerospace, agriculture energy and construction know that we need the economic stability and growth that membership of the EU brings us to ensure the future of their jobs and funding for the NHS.<\/p>\n

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And I believe that the values that make the NHS strong \u00e2\u20ac\u201csolidarity, equality and society \u00e2\u20ac\u201c are the same values that make Europe strong.<\/p>\n

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So Unite is urging our members, and trade unionists everywhere \u00e2\u20ac\u201c vote Remain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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