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THE referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU will be an “era-defining moment” for workers’ rights in Britain, Jeremy Corbyn will say today.
The Labour leader, who has previously been a fierce critic of EU austerity policies, is planning to highlight new research by the party revealing how many workers benefit from EU employment law.
It shows that 26 million people are entitled to paid holidays through the working time directive, while over 10 million have benefited from rights for part-time, agency and temporary workers and 340,000 women a year benefit from maternity leave.
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
With ‘Your Party’ holding its founding conference in Liverpool this weekend, JEREMY CORBYN speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about its potential, its priorities — and a few of its controversies too
MARTYN GRAY asks TUC congress to endorse measures that would help stop the present exploitation of seafarers