22 Amendments of Robert ROCHEFORT related to 2016/2269(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas increases in inequality are linked with declining labour shares of national wealth and shrinking trade union density;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the fact of having a job is no longer a guarantee of protection against poverty, and whereas decent working conditions are essential if levels of inequality are to be reduced;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Affirms that growing inequalities thare aten the future of the European project odds with the EU's principles and values, erode its legitimacy and damage trust in ithe EU as an engine of social progress;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to extend the scope of the European Semester and the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP) by adding new binding indicators to estimate individual imbalances in inequalitiesindicators which make it possible to estimate inequalities more effectively as a way to link economic coordination with employment and social performance;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to raise the funding level of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) for the period 2017-2020 to least EUR 21 billion, including young people under 3025; calls on the Commission to ensure better implementation of the Youth Guarantee, taking into account the latest findings of the European Court of Auditors’ report on use of the YEI;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its concern about the increasing number of atypical work contracts and forms of non-standard employment, which are sometimes linked with precarious working conditions, lower wages, exploitation and poorer social security contributions, and rising inequality;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a Framework Directive on decent working conditions for all forms of employment, ensuring for every worker a core set of enforceable rights, eliminating discrimination based on contractual status, ensuring a minimum number of working hours and facilitating decent working times and the right to negotiate schedules;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Is convinced that applying the principle of the same pay for the same work done in the same place will help to reduce inequalities between workers;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Expresses its concern regarding the negative effects of increasing automation due to the delay in adapting legislation, which threatens to exert downward pressure on social protection systems and wages, especially affecting low and medium-skilled workermphasises the changes brought about by increasing automation, and, in that connection, deplores the delay in adapting legislation; stresses that increasing automation offers new employment opportunities, and calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to exploit these changes as a means of combating unemployment; emphasises, in that connection, the importance of keeping social protection and wages at adequate levels;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a European UMember States gradually to harmonise their unemployment Iinsurance schemes, complementing current national benefit systems; considers that such an automatic stabiliser can play an important role in reducing inequality between countries and in neutralising the consequences arising from the absorption of asymmetric shocks;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to strengthen workers’ rights and foster the collective bargaining power of employees through structural reforms of labour markets, widening collective bargaining coverage, and promoting unionisation;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. HighlightsTakes the view that, in manysome countries, welfare and social protection systems have been severely underminaffected by austerity measures with huge consequencerepercussions in terms of income inequalities;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to reform their welfare systems (education, health, pensions and transfers) in order to achieve more effective redistribution and promote andfairer redistribution of wealth, taking into account the new social risks and vulnerable groups that have arisen from the social and economic challenges confronting society;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to put forward a European legal framework in line with the related ILO recommendation to guarantee every European citizen a social protection floor with universal access to healthcare, basic income security whose level is set by each Member State and access to the goods and services defined as necessary at national level;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that international trade has beenis an engine for growth in many countries, but also can be perceived as a source of inequalities; calls on the Commission and the Member State to promote fairer international trade agreements that respect European labour market regulations, while protecting quality employment and workers’ rights and ensuring intra-European and national mechanisms for the compensation of workers and sectors negatively affectedwhich must be safeguarded and promoted by means of fair international trade agreements;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that the current inequality of opportunities for children and young people has damaging consequences for their wellbeing and ‘wellbecoming’ as individuals, thereby contributing to the estrangement of European youth and workers, especially those on the wrong side of the opportunity gap;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses that education has a key role to play in reducing inequalities, and, in that connection, calls on the Member States to step up their efforts and earmark sufficient investment in order to guarantee equal opportunities;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses, further, that many cultural and sporting activities are powerful tools for cohesion and social integration, and points out that these activities can improve the employment prospects of the least-favoured members of society by teaching them soft skills;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. ConsidersDeplores the fact that, despite existing legislation enshrining the principle of equal pay for work of equal value by male and female workers, there is still a gender pay gap and an even greater gender pension gap; calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the gender gap challenge in pay and pensions;