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EU - Remain or Leave?
Remain in the EU 28%  28%  [ 12 ]
Leave the EU 72%  72%  [ 31 ]
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What number of people are being paid less than the minimum wage at present,what number of people are on zero hours contracts with no workers rights protection and unable to access benefits due to them.

This is happening now,the EU is doing nothing to stop this as it would go against the principles of the business mans charter,look after the rich screw the working mamn


the UK could do this already

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which he has the majority of Unite members wish to stay in the EU................................next nonsense ??


You are spouting as much BS as McCluskey, they have not yet put the fear factor to their members, as such there is NO majority as of this moment.

How do you explain this unbelievable gaff from McCluskey, who is being ridiculed in the "comment" sections of newspapers by the public for his stupid statement of................

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"I'm a supporter of the EU but when I vote for Britain to remain in the EU in June, I will not be voting for the status quo – let me be clear about that," the trade union boss will declare. "I will not be voting for the EU which has sought to impose eye-watering austerity, at the expense of the ordinary citizen not the rich, but on Ireland, Greece, Spain, Portugal and elsewhere. I will not be voting for the EU which is seeking to stitch-up a pro-big business trade deal – TTIP – behind the backs of the people of Europe."

McCluskey will add: "Above all, I will not be voting for David Cameron's renegotiation package – a deal designed to protect the financial interests in the City of London which control the Conservative Party and to pander to anti-migrant and anti-welfare sentiment.


Oh really! What a load of b*ll*c^s......I am not voting for it - But I am!!!!!!!!!!!

He is a total disgrace to the Trade Union movement - no small wonder that Unions are down the toilet compared to yesterday.

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heathcote wrote:
What number of people are being paid less than the minimum wage at present,what number of people are on zero hours contracts with no workers rights protection and unable to access benefits due to them.

This is happening now,the EU is doing nothing to stop this as it would go against the principles of the business mans charter,look after the rich screw the working mamn



This happens 4 mile away from me at the main Sports World Depot, they employ 3,000 people and not one of them are English. They're shipped in from as far away as Leeds to work there 12 hours without any breaks, if they go to the toilet they get a black mark and a warning, if they're off ill they get a black mark and a warning. Two warnings and your out.

Is this the way the UK wants to go?
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Nidge2 wrote:
heathcote wrote:
What number of people are being paid less than the minimum wage at present,what number of people are on zero hours contracts with no workers rights protection and unable to access benefits due to them.

This is happening now,the EU is doing nothing to stop this as it would go against the principles of the business mans charter,look after the rich screw the working mamn



This happens 4 mile away from me at the main Sports World Depot, they employ 3,000 people and not one of them are English. They're shipped in from as far away as Leeds to work there 12 hours without any breaks, if they go to the toilet they get a black mark and a warning, if they're off ill they get a black mark and a warning. Two warnings and your out.

Is this the way the UK wants to go?

4 miles away from you Nidge IS THE UK!
This is from the dispatches programme.
"Staff told the documentary makers that they lived in fear of losing their jobs due to a ‘six strikes and you’re out’ disciplinary system where long toilet breaks, excessive chatting and sick leave is a punishable offence, according to Channel 4."
I don't think anyone should be condoning the way in which staff at Sports Direct are being abused and it should be dealt with by the authorities and Mike Ashby should be punished to the full extent of the law for any breaches of working legislation that have taken place.

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Nidge2 wrote:
heathcote wrote:
What number of people are being paid less than the minimum wage at present,what number of people are on zero hours contracts with no workers rights protection and unable to access benefits due to them.

This is happening now,the EU is doing nothing to stop this as it would go against the principles of the business mans charter,look after the rich screw the working mamn



This happens 4 mile away from me at the main Sports World Depot, they employ 3,000 people and not one of them are English. They're shipped in from as far away as Leeds to work there 12 hours without any breaks, if they go to the toilet they get a black mark and a warning, if they're off ill they get a black mark and a warning. Two warnings and your out.

Is this the way the UK wants to go?

4 miles away from you Nidge IS THE UK!
This is from the dispatches programme.
"Staff told the documentary makers that they lived in fear of losing their jobs due to a ‘six strikes and you’re out’ disciplinary system where long toilet breaks, excessive chatting and sick leave is a punishable offence, according to Channel 4."
I don't think anyone should be condoning the way in which staff at Sports Direct are being abused and it should be dealt with by the authorities and Mike Ashby should be punished to the full extent of the law for any breaches of working legislation that have taken place.



It's three strikes now.
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captain cab wrote:
heathcote wrote:
What number of people are being paid less than the minimum wage at present,what number of people are on zero hours contracts with no workers rights protection and unable to access benefits due to them.

This is happening now,the EU is doing nothing to stop this as it would go against the principles of the business mans charter,look after the rich screw the working mamn


the UK could do this already


so they could but its unlikely I would have thought with a Tory vermin government or indeed a Blairite Labour one but with JC it will be a given =D>

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which he has the majority of Unite members wish to stay in the EU................................next nonsense ??


You are spouting as much BS as McCluskey, they have not yet put the fear factor to their members, as such there is NO majority as of this moment.

How do you explain this unbelievable gaff from McCluskey, who is being ridiculed in the "comment" sections of newspapers by the public for his stupid statement of................

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"I'm a supporter of the EU but when I vote for Britain to remain in the EU in June, I will not be voting for the status quo – let me be clear about that," the trade union boss will declare. "I will not be voting for the EU which has sought to impose eye-watering austerity, at the expense of the ordinary citizen not the rich, but on Ireland, Greece, Spain, Portugal and elsewhere. I will not be voting for the EU which is seeking to stitch-up a pro-big business trade deal – TTIP – behind the backs of the people of Europe."

McCluskey will add: "Above all, I will not be voting for David Cameron's renegotiation package – a deal designed to protect the financial interests in the City of London which control the Conservative Party and to pander to anti-migrant and anti-welfare sentiment.


Oh really! What a load of b*ll*c^s......I am not voting for it - But I am!!!!!!!!!!!

He is a total disgrace to the Trade Union movement - no small wonder that Unions are down the toilet compared to yesterday.


no doubt many Unite members agree with you about him but he won an election !for GS !!

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no doubt many Unite members agree with you about him but he won an election !for GS !!



Whilst I cannot dispute the above, I put forward an analogy that I used in another post, "You are only as good as your last game" , in effect negating what he won his (apparent) election on - I rest my case.

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The Labour leader is also in favour of staying in

Well he wasn't a while back. :---)

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The Labour leader is also in favour of staying in

Well he wasn't a while back. :---)




Labour have a leader? when did that happen?

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But if the EU do something right then I'm happy to mention it.

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grandad wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
heathcote wrote:
What number of people are being paid less than the minimum wage at present,what number of people are on zero hours contracts with no workers rights protection and unable to access benefits due to them.

This is happening now,the EU is doing nothing to stop this as it would go against the principles of the business mans charter,look after the rich screw the working mamn



This happens 4 mile away from me at the main Sports World Depot, they employ 3,000 people and not one of them are English. They're shipped in from as far away as Leeds to work there 12 hours without any breaks, if they go to the toilet they get a black mark and a warning, if they're off ill they get a black mark and a warning. Two warnings and your out.

Is this the way the UK wants to go?

4 miles away from you Nidge IS THE UK!
This is from the dispatches programme.
"Staff told the documentary makers that they lived in fear of losing their jobs due to a ‘six strikes and you’re out’ disciplinary system where long toilet breaks, excessive chatting and sick leave is a punishable offence, according to Channel 4."
I don't think anyone should be condoning the way in which staff at Sports Direct are being abused and it should be dealt with by the authorities and Mike Ashby should be punished to the full extent of the law for any breaches of working legislation that have taken place.



Exactly The same happens at Amazon

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If anyone wished to know a reason why we should leave the EU, it's got to be the fact that our elected government has got to get permission from the EU to remove VAT from ladies sanitary products.

You really couldn't make it up. [-(

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If anyone wished to know a reason why we should leave the EU, it's got to be the fact that our elected government has got to get permission from the EU to remove VAT from ladies sanitary products.

You really couldn't make it up. [-(



Did you really expect anything else from Dave and Gideon?
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Did you really expect anything else from Dave and Gideon?

Not really sure I'm having a pop at them, especially when I voted for them last year.

However I am having a pop at the way we have to beg the EU to lower taxes.

That is unacceptable.

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