4 Amendments of Gérard DEPREZ related to 2018/2043(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that Belgium argues that the redundancies are linked to major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation, to worldwide competition in the construction and mining machinery sectors, and to the consequent decrease in the Caterpillar Group’s share in the machinery market; notes that the redundancies are related to the restructuring and cost-cutting global plan announced by Caterpillar in September 2015;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is aware of the decrease in production of the mining sector in Europe and the dramatic decline in EU-28 exports in that sector since 2014, the increase in the European steel price and the high production costs for machines resulting therefrom, in particular compared to China; regrets, however, that the Caterpillar Group has decided to allocate the volumes produced in the Gosselies plant to other production units in France (Grenoble) and to other plants outside Europe, including China and South Korea; which resulted in an abruptly shut down of its Gosselies site and to make redundant 2 300 workers, plunging thousands of families into a social and human drama even though the Gosselies site was profitable, in particular following the investments made in previous years;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Deplores the fact that the brutal decision to close the Gosselies siteat the workers of the Gosselies site were informed of the closure of the site by a simple communiqué; deplores the fact that this brutal decision was not made in consultation with the local and regional authorities; deplores the total lack of information and respect for workers and union representatives, who received no information prior to the closure of the company; insists, therefore, on the importance of strengthening the supply of information to and consultation with workers in the Union;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the application relates to 2 287 workers made redundant at Caterpillar and five suppliers, the majority of whom are between 30 and 54 years of age; points also to the fact that a significant percentagemore than 11% of the redundant workers are between 55 and 64 years of age with skills specific to the manufacturing sector or long-term unemployed; underlines that the job seekers in Charleroi are mostly low-skilled (50,6% do not have an upper secondary education) and 40% are long-term unemployed (more than 24 months); deplores the fact that, following these redundancies, the unemployment rate is expected to rise by 6,1% in the region of Hainaut, according to the Public Employment Service of Wallonia (FOREM); in light of this fact, acknowledges the importance of active labour market measures co-funded by the EGF for improving the chances of reintegration in the labour market of these groups;