Union warns over EU threat to rights

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Unite will call on the TUC Congress to support its campaign to protect workers from the worst effects of globalisation.

The union will say on the final day of the conference that a number of recent decisions made by the European Court of Justice could set a legal precedent which will prevent unions from taking action to defend UK workers' pay and conditions.

The union will say that recent cases have determined that unions cannot take action against companies employing imported workers at rates below those for local staff.

Derek Simpson, joint leader of Unite, will tell the conference in Brighton: "We cannot afford to underestimate the consequences of these decisions - they must be challenged."

Meanwhile, a nationwide campaign is to be launched by trade unions against the Government's "sickening" welfare reform plans, which came under strong attack at the TUC Congress.

Delegates approved an emergency motion opposing a welfare Green Paper "in the strongest possible terms" and agreed to stage a lobby of parliament and nationwide rallies.

Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services union, said: "The proposals expose the depth to which the New Labour Government have sunk.

"This is the first time since 1948 that any government has seriously proposed abolishing the safety net benefit for those without any means of financial support.

"The Government is proposing to cut the benefits of the long-term sick and disabled - a fundamental attack on the welfare state."