NEC sets policy on Brexit and so much more

“We are very much involved on Brexit – but the union is also doing much more on the major issues which affect public services and public service workers,” general secretary Dave Prentis told the UNISON national executive council when it met. But Brexit was still a key part both of his report and the debate in the meeting. The situation is changing by the minute, the NEC heard as it met just nine days before Britain is due to leave the EU without a deal. Mr Prentis noted that public services unions from across the world are meeting at the PSI Congress tomorrow, and the experience of colleagues dealing with WTO rules is “it’s public services that suffer as transnational companies come in and take over.” Another priority for UNISON has always been to have “nothing that impinges on the Good Friday Agreement,” a point reiterated strongly by Northern Ireland members. “We cannot tolerate having a no-deal exit,” declared Mr Prentis. The NEC agreed that proposals for “Common Market 2.0” or “Norway +” with the single market and a customs union, best meet the union’s tests on behalf of members, and the union would support the principle of a confirmatory referendum on any agreement, depending on the question, if it proves impossible to have a general election. But, “as a union, we have got to get in first and say what we want for a future relationship with the European Union and the rest of the world, and how that is negotiated.” However, the issues whic...
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