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Trade unions urge bosses to challenge anti-worker EU plans

BOSSES close to David Cameron are being challenged today to stop the Tory PM using EU renegotiation to scrap the rights of their staff, writes Luke James.

TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady has penned an open letter to the 19 chief executives on the PM’s Business Advisory Group, calling on them to stop the PM “diluting people’s rights to paid holidays, rest breaks and work-life balance.”

She took the unusual step in light of Mr Cameron’s plans wants to scrap the Working Time Directive and Agency Workers’ Directive.

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