The EU and Womens' Rights

The Labour MP Harriet Harman claimed this week that  Brexit could derail the fight for women’s rights.

Harriet, who has been a leading campaigner on gender equality for four decades, said the EU had been the key to forcing through a series of reforms, including on equal pay, maternity rights and paternity leave.  She explained that the EU had demanded that female cleaners working for British councils had to be paid as well as male binmen, who had much better rates negotiated by their union. 

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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/12/brexit-could-derail-fight-for-womens-rights-says-harriet-harman