The Labour Case For A Leave Vote

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We urge the Labour movement to come together, stand up for the rights and future of UK workers, and vote leave in the EU referendum on 23 June.

A vote to leave is a chance to stop the following regressive policies: 

• Privatisation, and the ban on renationalisation, which hands over our public services to private interests 

• The ban on state aid and renationalisation as a policy response to the further destruction of British industry and manufacturing 

• The EU’s elimination of collective bargaining agreements in the name of competitiveness
• The deregulation of employment contracts and the promotion of zero-hours contracts 

• The anti-strike and anti-trade-union policy, which is being used to drive down the cost of labour 

• Austerity, which is a foundation stone of the EU, and has led to the slow, creeping destruction of pensions, education, social housing, the NHS and every local public service, as well as strangling local government, further adding to poverty and social inequality 

• The policy referred to as “fiscal responsibility”, which aims to co-opt labour organisations into the process of applying austerity policies 

• The dangerous TTIP trade deal, which is a Trojan horse for US big business, and if enacted will lead to the destruction of our NHS.

We appeal to all left-leaning and Labour voters to rally together, stand up for our rights and vote leave on 23 June.

Kelvin Hopkins MP Labour, Luton North 

Kate Hoey MP Labour, Vauxhall 

Graham Stringer MP Labour, Blackley and Broughton 

Roger Godsiff MP Labour, Birmingham Hall Green 

Elaine Smith MSP Labour, Central Scotland 

Ronnie Draper General secretary, BFAWU 

Tosh McDonald National president, ASLEF 

Arthur Scargill Former president, NUM 

Steve Hedley Assistant general secretary, RMT 

Gawain Little National executive, NUT 

Alan Gibson National executive, NUJ 

Mandy Brown National executive, UCU 

Karen Reissmann National executive, Unison 

Paul Williams National executive, PCS 

John Sweeney Ucatt 

Len Hockey Unite 

Tam Dewar CWU 

Val Guiraud NASUWT 

Doug Nicolls Chair, Trade Unions Against the EU 

Brendan Chilton General secretary, Labour Leave