Cameron’s Callous Christmas - your stories

21.12.09 - Byron Taylor

Since we launched our campaign to stop David Cameron threatening all of our Christmases last week we've been overwhelmed by the response.  Thousands of people have signed our Christmas card to David Cameron which demands that he drops his callous plans.  And hundreds of you wrote in to us at TULO to tell us why you took action.

Here's just a few of the stories that have been sent in:

Billy, one of our members from Dunbartonshire said:  "David Cameron should realise that terms and conditions should not be eroded especially now that wage rises have been virtually frozen.We might not have the money to spend on our families but we need the time. Time costs nothing."

Paul from Glasgow added "removing the holiday rights of ordinary working families just further proves that David Cameron and the Tories think on behalf of the "haves" as they have always done, whilst ordinary working families are due less".

John from Lancashire has also commented that, "working in the education sector, I am witnessing greater numbers of staff (both teaching & support) falling victim to work related stress. The importance of holidays & breaks cannot be over emphasised. Holidays are sometimes the only way to recapture some level of normallity in an increasingly pressurised world"

Labour have fought for, a will continue to fight for these rights.  Its important that workers are treated fairly - and the Unions must take much credit for the real and genuine progress we've made in the past 12 years.

But your words are better than mine ever could be - so I want to wrap up this post with a final comment from Alan who speaks for many of us when saying: "Its simple. Christmas should be about being with loved ones"

Just makes you think what the Tories would be like in power doesn't it?