Workers Rights: the Brexit Bonfire Begins?

In this blog feature the author reported that parallel reports in the UK newspapers The Sunday Times and the Sun in December 2017 suggested that the UK government was planning to scrap the EU working time Directive in the UK as soon as it could after Brexit took effect. The author argued that this violated the government’s previous pledges and was justified by highly misleading claims in The Sun.

TUC: Press Release, 23.06.17: Brexit vote anniversary arrives with no proper plan to make it a success for working people, says TUC http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-vote-anniversary-arrives-with-no-proper-plan-to-make-it-a-success-for-working-people-says-tuc/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

TUC: We need a jobs and rights-first Brexit https://www.tuc.org.uk/we-need-jobs-and-rights-first-brexit

The Guardian, 18.12.17: Theresa May fails to satisfy Labour MPs on workers' rights after Brexit https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/dec/18/theresa-may-brexit-statement-commons-eu-summit-way-barnier-says-uk-will-not-be-allowed-bespoke-brexit-trade-deal-politics-live

The Guardian, 26.11.17: [Editorial]: The Guardian view on Labour and Brexit: fight for workers’ rights https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/26/the-guardian-view-on-labour-and-brexit-fight-for-workers-rights

Politics Home, 17.12.17: Fury as Brexit ministers 'urge Theresa May to scrap EU working hours rules' https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/conservative-party/theresa-may/news/91527/fury-brexit-ministers-urge

Politics Home, 18.12.17: Theresa May vows to resist Brexiteer pressure to dilute workers' rights https://www.politicshome.com/news/europe/eu-policy-agenda/brexit/news/91537/theresa-may-vows-resist-brexiteer-pressure-dilute

Blog: UK in a Changing Europe, 31.07.17: Brexit: workers’ rights and how to protect them http://ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-workers-rights-and-how-to-protect-them/

Conservative Home, 18.12.17: The ghost of Social Chapter policies past haunts the forthcoming Brexit row about labour regulations https://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/12/the-ghost-of-social-chapter-policies-past-haunts-the-forthcoming-brexit-row-about-labour-regulations.html

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