Cameron’s threat to your rights

By Helen Symons

People often scoff at politics. They say that politicians are just in it for themselves. That politics doesn’t matter. That there’s no point because no one listens any more.

But it’s not true. And I wanted to show you why. We’ve just made this video and I wanted you to be some of the first to see it.

Over the past 11 years the trade unions, working in tandem with Labour, have brought change to Britain. The minimum wage. Better maternity and paternity rights. And let’s not forget the extension of paid leave – meaning that all full time workers have 20 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays. But David Cameron is threatening all of these rights and more.

He says that pulling out of the Social Chapter – the legal guarantee that protects hundreds of working rights – is his “top priority.” Senior Tories openly state that Cameron plans on letting the National Minimum Wage “melt away.”

If they get their way the Tories would condemn thousands of workers to a life on poverty pay.

But we believe in something better. Please watch the video and then share it with your friends.

These are tough economic times, but it’s fair rights at work which will help us get through them – and build a fair and just economy, and society, for when the good times return.

Watch our latest video and then sign our petition.

Thanks for all that you’re doing to help us support working rights – our rights are precious and with your help we’ll keep them.