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USDAW Conference - Johnson: EU stands up for rights in workplace

LABOUR MP Alan Johnson will be urging Usdaw delegates at Blackpool today to vote Remain in June’s EU referendum.

Mr Johnson, who chairs the Labour In for Britain campaign, will speak ahead of a motion on the same topic being moved to conference delegates by their Fallowfield, Manchester, colleagues.

In his speech, Mr Johnson will highlight how “the vote in the referendum on the EU on June 23 is every bit as important as that election in July 1945.

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