(Monday 02 February 2009)
THE neoliberal policies of the European Union pose a threat to trade union rights, world development and economic recovery, a conference in Glasgow heard on Sunday.
Speaking at the Scottish Campaign Against Euro Federalism conference, leading campaigner Brian Denny condemned the hypocrisy of the EU for opposing "protectionism" as an evil when it comes to workers' rights but promoting it for bankers and big business.
"We have to combat the media spin that the Lindsey oil refinery strikes are about hatred of foreign workers," Denny said.
"We have to explain what is really happening and expose what lies behind it. Under the European Court of Justice laws, labour is a commodity like a tin of beans - and with no more rights than a tin of beans."
UNISON NEC member Jane Carolan argued that it was a damning indictment that the European Central Bank had so far said nothing about the economic crisis.
"The TUC needs to wake up to the fact that there's no such thing as a 'social Europe' - it's always been a dream," she said.
THE neoliberal policies of the European Union pose a threat to trade union rights, world development and economic recovery, a conference in Glasgow heard on Sunday.
Speaking at the Scottish Campaign Against Euro Federalism conference, leading campaigner Brian Denny condemned the hypocrisy of the EU for opposing "protectionism" as an evil when it comes to workers' rights but promoting it for bankers and big business.
"We have to combat the media spin that the Lindsey oil refinery strikes are about hatred of foreign workers," Denny said.
"We have to explain what is really happening and expose what lies behind it. Under the European Court of Justice laws, labour is a commodity like a tin of beans - and with no more rights than a tin of beans."
UNISON NEC member Jane Carolan argued that it was a damning indictment that the European Central Bank had so far said nothing about the economic crisis.
"The TUC needs to wake up to the fact that there's no such thing as a 'social Europe' - it's always been a dream," she said.
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