32 Amendments of Sara MATTHIEU related to 2024/2829(RSP)
Amendment 4 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard the resolution of 23 November 2023 on job creation – the just transition and impact investments.1a __________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2023-0438_EN.html
Amendment 8 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard the La Hulpe Declaration on the future of the European Pillar of Social Rights of 16th of April 2024.1a __________________ 1a https://belgian- presidency.consilium.europa.eu/media/bj0 adazv/declaration-finale.pdf
Amendment 10 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
– having regard Tripartite Declaration for a Thriving European Social Dialogue of January 2024.1a __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId =1632&langId=en
Amendment 11 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
Citation 5 d (new)
– having regard to the revised European Social Charter.1a __________________ 1a https://www.coe.int/en/web/european- social-charter
Amendment 12 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 5 e (new)
Citation 5 e (new)
– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on ensuring a fair transition towards climate neutrality.1a __________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32022H0 627%2804%29
Amendment 13 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 5 f (new)
Citation 5 f (new)
– having regard to the Agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) in Paris on 12 December 2015 (the Paris Agreement),
Amendment 14 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 5 g (new)
Citation 5 g (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal (COM(2019)0640,
Amendment 15 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 5 h (new)
Citation 5 h (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 establishing the Just Transition Fund.1a __________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021 R1056
Amendment 16 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 5 i (new)
Citation 5 i (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 1 July 2020 entitled ‘European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience’ (COM(2020)0274),1a __________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52020 DC0274
Amendment 17 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 5 j (new)
Citation 5 j (new)
– having regard to the opinion of the European Committee of the Regions of 25 May 2023 entitled ‘Zero long-term unemployment: the local and regional perspective’1a __________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52022 IR5490
Amendment 18 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 5 k (new)
Citation 5 k (new)
– having regard to the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the regions on A Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age.1a __________________ 1a https://commission.europa.eu/document/4 1514677-9598-4d89-a572- abe21cb037f4_en
Amendment 33 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas only 40 % of European trade unions report having sufficient resources to represent workers effectively during restructuring processes4 ; whereas trade union representatives trained in restructuring negotiations are 50 % more effective in preserving jobs5 ; whereas according to Eurofound lack of resources and skills, as well as time have been identified as a key obstacle for social partner engagement in shaping the just transition, particularly at the local and regional levels ; __________________ 4 European Trade Union Institute for Research, 2021. 5 International Labour Organization, 2022.
Amendment 37 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a core objective of restructuring processes should be job retention;the transformation of our industrial base provides an opportunity to strengthen European autonomy, reverse de-industrialisation, bring secure and sustained jobs and help us meet climate and environmental targets while protecting workers and people at the heart of a social Europe; whereas a core objective of transformational and restructuring processes should be job retention; whereas in the event of temporary unemployment due to a restructuring of a company or a sectoral transformation, workers should be supported with financial and skilling support as to empower workers through the transition.
Amendment 54 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas companies often prioritise short-term profits over economic sustainability and long-term employment stability, underscoring the need for trade union involvement and corporate social responsibility in restructuring plans;
Amendment 62 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the automotive industry is a vital economic pillar in Europe; providing direct and indirect jobs to 13.8 million Europeans, representing 6.1% of total EU employment. 2.6 million people work in direct manufacturing of motor vehicles, representing 8.5 % of EU employment in manufacturing. The EU is among the world's biggest producers of motor vehicles and the sector represents the largest private investor in research and development;1b __________________ 1b https://single-market- economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/automotive- industry_en
Amendment 76 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the transition from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles is imperative, but it; whereas newly emerging industries that support electrification will experience significant job growth over the next ten years; whereas the shift from traditional automotive manufacturing to climate neutral automotive mobility must be achieved in a way that avoids net job losses in traditional automotive manufacturingas much as possible; whereas affected workers should be protected by providing up- and reskilling opportunities and safety nets in the event of temporary unemployment;
Amendment 107 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that employment security, fair wages and decent working conditions are fundamental rights that must be upheld in all restructuring processes to protect workers from corporate profit- seeking strategies; stresses the urgent need for an ambitious European industrial policy with significant investment that will support common goods and innovation and deliver quality jobs in every region and sector and social progress; underlines that this policy should be based on strong public services, social protection, housing, transport and childcare; supports a robust European industrial policy based on resilient and well-resourced public services and public administration, covering not just manufacturing, but all sectors and all transitions;
Amendment 114 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for a permanent investment tool at EU levelWelcomes the Commission’s proposal to establish a European Competitiveness Fund; calls to set up this fund up with new jointly borrowed money to finance the clean industrial deal at EU level with at least 1% of European GDP per year, in order to ensure that the necessary resources are available in all sectors for developing an industrial policy and for policies that help reach the social and green targets, based on the positive experiences of NextGenerationEU and the strong labour focus of the support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency instrument (SURE);.
Amendment 123 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to reinforce the European instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) to support short-time work schemes, income of workers who would be temporarily laid off as well as to provide allowances for reskilling and upskilling trainings in the context of the green transition;
Amendment 128 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the delivery of a European industrial policy for quality jobs requires the full involvement of social partners in all stages of the restructuring process and needs to be implemented through social dialogue and collective bargaining; calls on the Commission to present an ambitious Quality Jobs Roadmap; calls on the Commission to ensure full involvement consultation of social partners in the design and implementation of the upcoming European Clean Industrial Deal; calls on the Commission to include the overall objective of raising workensuring quality at thejobs at EU level;.
Amendment 142 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the EU to adopt trade policies that protect European jobs while promoting fair and ethical trade; calls for countervailing tariffs to be applied to imports from countries where heavy and WTO incompliant state subsidies distort competition, while adequately taking account of unfair labour practices, and low environmental standards, or heavy state subsidies distort competition; stresses that future trade agreements must include strong and enforceable labour clauses to ensure that global trade benefits workers, rather than undermining their rights;.
Amendment 156 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to revise the European Public Procurement Directive6 in order to establish preferential treatment for companies complying with collective bargaining agreementsrengthen the social clause and ensure that benefiting companies and sub- contractors support collective bargaining agreements and respect workers’ rights, high-quality jobs, high-quality apprenticeships, decent and equal pay, and training; calls on the Commission to strengthen the social clause and exclude from tenders companies that have engaged in criminal activities or union busting, have not respected workers’ and trade union rights or that have refused to participate in collective bargaining; highlights the importance of ensuring that public money is used to invest in those engaged in just transitions with the aim of promoting collective agreements and increasing trade union densities; considers, furthermore, that all EU financial support to undertakings should be made conditional on their compliance with the applicable working and employment conditions and/or employer obligations resulting from the relevant collective agreements; believes that this support should also be conditional on their commitment to investing in European industries and maintaining jobs in the EU; __________________ 6 Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC, OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/24/oj.
Amendment 167 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates its call for EU funding, including State aid, to be conditional on public policy objectives, especially in strategic sectors, and on social requirements, in order to offerensure high- quality jobs, promote collective bargaining, respect EU labour rights and standards, and ensure improved working conditionfair wages, work security, social protection, the right to training during working hours and paid by the employers, improved working conditions; health and safety at the workplace, work-life balance, equality and non-discrimination. paid traineeships and the child care provisions or allowances; calls on the Member States to ensure that the public financial support provided to firms refrains them from paying bonuses to management, paying out dividends or offering share buy-back schemes for as long as they are receiving the funds;
Amendment 177 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. SupportsCalls for European investments in vital sectors and products such as electric vehicle battery production, charging infrastructure, renewable energy and digital technologie, digital technologies, zero-emission machinery an transport, energy technologies like electrolyzers, wind turbines, heat-pumps, solar or new technologies like low-carbon clinker mechanical and certain types of chemical recycling or alternative proteins; insists that these investments must prioritiseensure quality jobs, workers’ rights and community development;
Amendment 189 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Invites the Commission to monitor the trends in restructuring and their impact on employment, using data from tools, such as the European Restructuring Monitor and the forthcoming EU Just Transition Observatory, to track the number of jobs created or abolished and the companies concerned;
Amendment 202 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that restructuring processes are essential intransitional processes at sectoral level are inevitable to achievinge the green transition objectives and are an imperative for a net- zero economy that sustains its social and environmental standards; warns that restructuringtransformation processes must never come at the cost of workers’ rights or working conditions and must safeguard and create quality jobs; calls on the Commission to take action to reinforce and promote collective bargaining, ensuring an increase in collective bargaining coverage to at least 80 % in all Member States, and guaranteeing full respect of the right to collective bargaining;
Amendment 215 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that restructuring processes should start as early as possible to prevent insolvency and mitigate job losses; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support companies working closely with trade unions and workers’ representatives to identify warning signs early and develop comprehensive plans to address employment needs;
Amendment 226 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Warns that restructuring must not be used as a pretext and cannot lead to violateion of workers’ and trade union rights7 ; deplores the violation of the fundamental rights of collective bargaining and information and consultation before a decision is made; calls on the Commission to put in place safeguards to prevent the misuse of restructuring as a means to exploit workers or avoid obligations, particularly in cases of tactical insolvency; __________________ 7 Study – ‘Study on monitoring the application of the EU Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring’, European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Publications Office of the European Union, 2018, https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/- /publication/1c22896d-4e10-11ea-aece- 01aa75ed71a1/language-en.
Amendment 234 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. CEmphasises that the most effective way to prevent the need for restructuring is through proactive anticipation and management of change through collective bargaining and information and consultation; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a directive on just transition in the world of work, through anticipation and management of change, based on the principles of trade union involvement and collective bargaining; urges the Commission to ensure the right for all to training without cost to the worker and during working hours; believes that this proposal should include a right to job-to- job transition and a right to quality upskilling or reskilling training, employee training and career development support; points out that when job changes are necessary, the priority should always be upskilling workers to keep them in the same company; notes that, when job-to-job transition is necessary, keeping workers in the same sector and region while allowing them sufficient time for reconversion without personal financial losses is essential; stresses that the principle of a fair and social just transition willmust apply to restructuring, especially in transforming industries in strategic sectors such as automotive and energy, and will put the workers firstany green and digital transformation and that workers must be put first; including workers in the supply chains of main industries as well as workers with low qualification and lack of training; Emphasises that gender equality should be an integral part of transition strategies and mainstreamed across related policy and legislative measures to strengthen the fairness of our societies; believes it is essential to ensure equal treatment and equal access to economic opportunities for women, paying attention to the most vulnerable, such as women with disabilities, single mothers, women belonging to minorities and migrant women;
Amendment 256 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a Clean Industrial Deal; Stresses that the Clean Industrial Deal should be coordinated and financed at EU level, actively steering the European development of our economy and protecting it against unfair competition; Calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive plan, similar to the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act, focused on boosting investment in green technologies, renewable energy and sustainable industries, with the objective of accelerating the EU’s transition to a climate-neutral economy while strengthening the European social model and social justice;
Amendment 260 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create European lead markets for sustainable green products by targeted investment, green procurement, European product standards and strengthening the demand side of the market; calls the Commission for European measures to support the European car industry to transition to e-mobility by boosting the take up of electric vehicles; calls the Commission to propose a legislative initiative to green corporate vehicle fleets, encourage the Member States to set up social leasing schemes, step up investing in charging infrastructure and ensure incentives to prioritize affordable electric vehicles;
Amendment 278 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission to ensure diligent and comprehensive impact assessments for all proposed legislation, assessing the socio-economic impact and with due consideration to jobs, skills, competences and working conditions in different countries, regions, sectors and companies in order to provide the necessary knowledge to develop adequate social policies and measures as well as territorial and sectoral just transition pathways adapted to regional realities;