Activities of Vera TAX related to 2022/2171(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU strategy for sustainable and circular textiles
Amendments (7)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. B. Whereas the textile and clothing industries are often based on cheap labour, where women’s labour conditions are often substrandard and women are lacking any social protection;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the textile industry is one of the most polluting industries2 ; whereas women and girls are more likely than men to be financially dependent on natural resource-based activities or climate- vulnerable sectors and are frequently exposed to additional gender-specific factors and barriers that consistently render them more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and disasters; _________________ 2 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20201208STO93327/the- impact-of-textile-production-and-waste-on- the-environment-infographic
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas women working in the textile sector, because of imbalanced power relationships and insecure working arrangements, unsafe working conditions, forced overtime and health hazards, are especially vulnerable to gender- based violence and sexual harassment; whereas gender inequalities in the textile sector lead to gender pay gap.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Member States to ratify the relevant International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, including ILO Convention 190, and implement its recommendations, especially those intended to reduce the scale of precarious work and protect workers from the harmful effects of chemicals, as well as from violence and harassment in the workplace;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for employers in the textile sector to ensure a basic social security to their employees;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the proposal for an ecodesign regulation covering textiles, the review of the Textile Labelling Regulation3 and the potential introduction of a mandatory disclosure of information; calls for the inclusion of social and labour standards in both the proposed ecodesign regulation and under labelling requirements, such as working hours and working conditions; _________________ 3 Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. OJ L 272, 18.10.2011, p. 1.
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the expected European Commission proposal to ban products made with forced labour from entering the EU market that will encompass the use of forced labour across the entire supply chain. Recalls the importance of gender mainstreaming of all EU policies.