Union leader calls on working people to fight to keep the Tories in
opposition
23rd November 2009
Derek Simpson, joint leader of Unite, will rally 1,500 key union
activists in Brighton this week, urging them to campaign across
Britain's workplaces to keep the Tories out of power.
Unite, the biggest union in the UK with two million members, is
holding its first unified sector conferences in Brighton this week.
Activists from key sectors of the economy including finance,
transport, construction, energy, the automotive industry, aerospace
and the public sector will debate and decide industrial policy
throughout the week. The week long conference begins on the same
day the CBI holds its annual conference.
Urging activists to campaign across Britain's workplaces to keep
the Tories out of government, Derek Simpson, joint leader of Unite
said: “At the CBI conference today big business will be cosying up
to the Tories eyeing tax breaks for Britain's richest companies
while applauding George Osborne's plans to slash public services
and make ordinary people work for longer and for less.
“Big business does not want rights for agency workers and
neither do the Tories. Big business does not want more equality in
the workplace and neither do the Tories. For them flexible working
means the sack.
“Working families should fear the Tories, they are not on their
side. A Tory government would dash any hopes of a recovery
and wreck Britain's economy and public services.“
ENDS
Contact: Ciaran Naidoo 07768 931 315
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