What use is the EU?
19 Jun 2016
What use is the EU?
Here are some practical benefits:
- Right to live anywhere in the EU.
- Right to work anywhere in the EU.
- Free healthcare within the EU.
- Equal pay for men and women.
- Right to maternity leave.
- Parental leave for men and women.
- Equal rights for temps and part-timers.
- Limit to required working hours.
- Right to work breaks for all.
- Protection from discrimination.
- Four weeks paid leave.
- No loss of leave rights due to ill health.
- Recognition of professional qualifications.
- More jobs due to the common market.
- Fighting exploitation of labour.
- Safety in the workplace.
- Tackling violence against women.
- Fighting human trafficking.
- Tackling female genital mutilation FGM.
- No roaming charges for mobile phones.
- Cheaper air travel by banning price fixing.
- Compensation for delayed flights.
- Lower common market food prices.
- Electrical appliances that cost less to use.
- UK criminals face arrest throughout the EU.
- Crime victims protected throughout the EU.
- Standing up to multi-national corporations.
- Clean water standards.
- Food quality standards.
- Pollution limits for trucks and buses.
- Blue flag scheme for beaches.
- Control of "bucket shop" travel agents.
If some of these benefit you, vote "Remain in EU".