David Cameron: UK's withdrawal from EU “disaster for working people”
YEREVAN, APRIL 28, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister David Cameron has joined forces with a former trade union leader Brendan Barber to make his case for staying in the EU, “Armenpress” reports citing BBC.
Writing in the Guardian, the PM and Brendan Barber said a vote to quit would be a "disaster for working people". They said jobs would be lost and wages hit by the "shock" of a UK exit.
They claim equal pay for women, paid holidays, maternity rights, equal treatment for part-time workers and protection for agency workers "could all be at risk" if the UK leaves.
Pressure on the pound would also lead to higher prices, they claim, saying this is a "risk working people and the poorest in our country simply cannot afford".
But Employment Minister Priti Patel will say in a speech later that firms are hampered by EU red tape and leaving would give them "freedom to prosper".
A group of eight influential economists have also thrown their support behind the Leave campaign, arguing that leaving the EU would boost the UK economy by 4% in 10 years.