8 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2015/2255(INI)
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the job-creating potential in the EU transport and tourism sectors; firmly believes that employment in the EU transport sector should be made more attractive for future generations by increasing transport safety; considers in particular that women’s participation must be boosted;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recognises that the transport of goods by road has become an unattractive sector for young people and women in some EU Member States owing to low wages, precarious working conditions and a lack of safety at the workplace;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to enhance social dialogue in the transport sector as a whole, in order to find the best regulatory solutions;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to suspend such business practices as precarious contracts (bogus self-employment, zero-hour contracts, pay- to-fly-schemes, etc.), letter-box companies and flags of convenience, by means of severe penalties, in order to ensure the social protection of workers;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the introduction of appropriate control devices, using modern technology, which is essential in order to collect precise data and which should prevent the use of fraudulent methods, for all transport modes for professional use so as to monitor working and rest time effectively, with a view to ensuring proper implementation of existing legislation;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognises that the intention is to combat unfair competition, since while wage disparities are inevitable and generally acceptable in the internal market, they have a negative impact on competition conditions where they are exploited in a way that evades or infringes the law;
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers it important to bear in mind that adopting unilateral national measures to combat social dumping poses the risk of fragmentation of the EU internal market in road transport; takes the view that labour mobility within the EU means that the Member States need to identify solutions to combat social dumping, fraud and abuse linked to the posting of workers;
Amendment 230 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to establish minimum training and testing requirements for maintenance personnel in the railway sector and to safeguard the economic equilibrium of public service obligations.