Workers against Brexit

Submitted by AWL on 30 January, 2019 - 11:01 Author: Caroline Jeffries

On 27 January, an initiative called Spoons Workers Against Brexit was launched, calling on the Wetherspoons pub chain to remove the in-store propaganda for a no deal Brexit.

“We refuse to propagandise for politics that will only do us harm if enacted. Studies have consistently refuted claims that immigration is linked to low wages. Migrants don’t drive down wages; but wealthy, exploitative bosses like [Spoons chief and ultra-Brexiter] Tim Martin do.”

The workers also demand to be paid a Living Wage and trade union recognition of the Bakers’, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU). BFAWU advocated for Brexit, but is for defending and extending free movement of all migrant workers. It is hard to see how the union can agree with Tim Martin’s form of Brexit. It’s good to see a worker-led, class struggle campaign against Brexit.

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