Plans to tear up EU workers rights puts 48-hours week at risk
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From the Financial Times
Rethink on breaks and overtimeI knew it.
1. Separate from a collective (as a nation).
2. Erode worker rights to make goods more competitive abroad.
3. Welcome to the sweatshop!There should be more steps… slow and gradual: so the nation is on board- buying into the ‘dream’. One day some oppressed supporter will say: “we made our rights and labour so cheap that we are the dominant go-to nation for jobs”. Then be made homeless after the OBE received rusts- like a Stalin Star for shovelling shit.
But on a positive note: is this the escalation (a kind of Ken Macleod scenario). The straw that breaks the donkey’s back…
On the face of it this is against the new UK-EU trade agreement, which provides for a level playing field. But there is a let-out clause — it must be demonstrated that any change gives the UK a competitive advantage. Since most of those affected will be low paid workers on two-day or zero hour contracts (who will have their already meagre holiday pay cut) they won’t be working in industries that export to the EU. The EU is therefore unlikely to invoke the clause that allows them to retaliate by imposing tariffs.
In any event, it shows that the Tories are still openly the party of the rich. But it’s a measure which, if implemented, could cost them votes in the ex-Red Wall seats. So maybe it won’t be.
“The key is that we’ve got our fish back. They’re British fish and they’re better and happier fish for it,”
Which Tory lunatic said this? One guess! No cheating lol
It looks as if the government is backing down on this provocative proposal. This time it is political as opposed to economic reality that has trumped “sovereignty”
Nevertheless, this report is still perturbing
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/uk-employment-rights-unfair-dismissal-tuc-b1794371.html
7.5 million employees have no protection from unfair dismissal because of the law which says workers must be employed for two years to qualify.
Welcome to Britain, the add might say!
Unfair dismissals: well it is an unfair system.
If you feel your rights at work have gone…
… no worries, it is due to your right to be treated unfairly.
Welcome to Britain: making every effort to ensure you receive all the unfairness you are entitled to.
If you have been treated fairly at work: please report it to the Ministry of Unfair.
Next: kids right to workplaces that ensure injury. It is your unfair right!Singapore-upon-Thames
The internal competition to cut taxes and wages as member states sought to attract investment risked being further fuelled by Brexit, said De Schutter, as the UK sought to find a competitive advantage over the 27 member states of the EU.
The EU’s “constitutional framework” was driving a race to the bottom in corporation and income tax and salary levels.
The UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights said the UK’s departure could weaken further the ability to restrain fiscal hawks in EU governments lobbying to attract investment.
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