{"id":16940,"date":"2016-06-18T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T06:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-like-the-eu-but-im-voting-out\/"},"modified":"2016-06-18T13:10:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T06:10:00","slug":"i-like-the-eu-but-im-voting-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-like-the-eu-but-im-voting-out\/","title":{"rendered":"I like the EU, but I\u2019m voting out"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThere are lots of positives about being part of Europe, but the impact on working people\u2019s rents and wages is not among themThe EU has given us cheap mobile phone roaming charges, cheaper flights and proper compensation when things go wrong. It has helped clean up the environment, improving our rivers and beaches. It has given us unprecedented freedom to travel visa-free across the continent. And I\u2019m voting out.Why? I know a painter\/decorator who has not been able to raise his wages for 15 years. There\u2019s always someone else, he says, willing to work for less. A driver who arrived from Turkey 18 years ago, who says the bus companies used to pay more than \u00a312 an hour, but can now pay \u00a310 or less because they have so many takers (and yes, the irony is noted). A care-home cleaner in a rundown seaside town who reckons her hopes of ever getting more than the minimum wage are zero. Each blames an influx of workers from the EU. Each of them are voting out. Tell them the EU protects workers\u2019 rights and they just laugh. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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