5 Amendments of Phil BENNION related to 2013/2177(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas constant restructuring in the sector, reflecting in part a management focus on profit at the expense of investment and wagdue to, inter alia, the effects of the economic crisis and the increased supply of steel from third countries, reduced the workforce from 1 million in 1970 to 369 000 in 2012, with a devastating impact on employment levels across whole regions;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is concerned at the lack of ambition in the action plan for the steel industry in Europe; calls for a strategy that draws on all the European Union policy tools, including for employment and training, training, energy efficiency and innovation;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for existing State aid rules to be revisedutilised effectively to promote productive investment, employment and training, to encourage the involvement of employees' representatives in management and decision-making and to introduce the option of temporary public takeovers in crisis situations; welcomes the Commission's public consultation on this topic;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of EU support for training and employmenttransferable skills in industrial transition processes; calls for such support to be kept in place and for its use to be monitored;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for account to be taken in the new European strategy on health and safety at work, and in policy documents on pensions, of the arduous nature of work in the steel sector.