Workplace rights are the real target of the Tories' new strategy on Europe, the TUC warned as the initial hype over David Cameron's promise of an 'in-out' EU referendum by the end of 2017 started to fade.
Speaking at the European TUC's 40th anniversary conference in Madrid, TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said that rights such as paid holidays, health and safety, protection when a business is sold off, and equal treatment for part-time workers and women are at risk as Britain sought to renegotiate its relationship with the EU.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-21871-f0.cfm
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