Activities of Elisabeth SCHROEDTER related to 2008/2085(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Challenges to collective agreements in the EU (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. Whereas Article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights establishes the right of collective bargaining and collective action,
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the freedom to provide services is a cornerstone of the European project; however, this has to be balanced against fe Charter of Fundamental Rights now reinforces the individual democratic fundamental rights in the Treaty, as is also the case in the Constitutions of the Member States; points out that the Charter of Fundamental rRights and the possibility for governments and trade unions toestablishes the right to collective bargaining and collective action; stresses that fundamental rights may not be called into question by freedom to provide services and that this is above all significant when it is a matter of guaranteeing a further fundamental principle of the Treaty by ensureing non- discrimination and equal treatment;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is of the opinion that any EU citizen should have the right to work anywhere in the European Union and thus have a right to equal treatment; therefore regrets that this right is not applied uniformly across the EU;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the freedom to provide services is not superior to the fundamental right for trade unions to take industrial action; especially, since this is a constitutional right in several Member States; stresses that the intention of the Monti clause was to protect these fundamental constitutional rights in the context of the single market, and that it recognises them as compatible with the single market freedoms;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that all conditions imposePoints out that the legislator’s main intention with the PWD was to establish a framework for fair competition conditions for the market in services, including worker protection and con foreign employerditions of employment, and that the conditions enshrined in the PWD were understood by the legislator as minimum and not maximum conditions, and that competition is no longer fair if conditions above minimum levels are seen as obstacles to free movement, if employees do not already receive more favourable conditions in the country of origin;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. RegretNotes that the social considerations referred to in Articles 26 and 27 in Directive 2004/18, do not include enable the Member States to create fair competition conditions by laying down terms and conditions of employment which go beyond the mandatory rules for minimum protection;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is of the opinion that the limited legal basis of free movement of the PWD has led the ECJ to interpret the PWD in this way, creating an explicit invitation to unfair competition on wages and working conditions driving them downwards, which is in clear contradiction to the stated aim of the PWD (to ensure a climate of fair competition) and the objective of the EU as established in the Treaty (improvement of living and working conditions); therefore, the legal basis of the PWD must be broadened to include a reference to the free movement of workersconsiders that a clear legal basis must be established to regulate the free movement of workers and the principle of non- discrimination and equal treatment in this regard, and to lay down a limited period for such posting of workers, having regard to the use of the PWD to regulate workers’ freedom of movement indirectly;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on all the Member States to implement the PWD properly; points out in particular that it is the task of the Member States to make full use of and improve the prevention, monitoring and enforcement measures;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Calls on the Commission, on the basis of the Lisbon Treaty, to adopt a legal basis to clarify the role of collective representation, agreements and action in the single market;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that Parliament, the Council and the Commission should adopt measures to combat letterbox-companies, undertakings not engaged in any genuine and meaningful business in the country of origin but created, sometimes even directly by the main contractor in the host country, for the sole purpose of offering ‘services’ to the host country, to avoid the full application of host country rules and regulations especially with regard to wages and working conditions; calls on the Commission to lay down clear rules to combat letterbox companies in its code of conduct for undertakings under the Services Directive;