People in the UK have voted by a slim majority to Leave the EU. How and where this will end and what the impact on workers and communities in the UK and countries of the EU will be, is not clear.
EPSU’s General Secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan reacted: I am concerned that many politicians and business leaders do not get the message from this referendum. The corporate and conservative agenda of competitiveness, deregulation and more market that is now associated with the EU does not cut it. We need a real social agenda that strengthens workers’rights, addresses precarious work, leads to investment in public services and brings improved living and working conditions for Europe’s people. This can be done in the EU. It needs to change course now.
The outcome of the referendum should also be a wake up call for Europe's business leaders. Their agenda of systematically blocking European social legislation, promoting weaker bargaining rights, pushing labour market deregulation and flexibility and preventing progress in European social dialogue has undermined support.
EPSU will continue to defend workers rights in the UK, the EU and wider Europe. We will stand with UK workers defending our European social acquis. And we will work for a fairer Europe for all.
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