23 Amendments of Mélanie DISDIER related to 2024/2829(RSP)
Amendment 23 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas collective bargaining and strong trade union involvement are essential for ensuring that workers’ voices are heard during restructuring negotiations; whereas workers’ involvement through information, consultation and participation in company decision-making processes is more important than ever to consolidate the fair and just transition of companies and to protect jobs and collective interests; whereas just transition is about supporting social justice and ensuring fair burden-sharing while fighting climate change;
Amendment 47 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 59 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas theavy industry, including the steel, automotive iandustry energy sectors, is a vital economic pillar infor European independence;
Amendment 86 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas too many European companies and European workers have been sacrificed in the context of globalisation;
Amendment 105 #
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 excessive- profit- seeking strategies; stresses the urgent need for an ambitious European industrial policy with significant investment that will support common goods and, innovation and the economic prosperity that will deliver quality jobs 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 115 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for a permanentcyclical investment tool at EU level 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)capable of guaranteeing European independence;
Amendment 130 #
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 and needs to be implemented through social dialogue and collective bargaining; calls on the Commission to include the overall objective of raising work quality at EU level;
Amendment 139 #
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 unfair labour practices, low environmental standards, or heavy state subsidies distort competition; stresses that future trade agreements must include strong labour clauses to ensure that global trade benefits workers, rather than undermining their rights;
Amendment 153 #
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 agreements; calls on the Commission to strengthen the social clause and exclude from tenders companies that have engaged in criminal activities or union busting 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 densitiesCalls on the Commission to strengthen the social clause and exclude from tenders companies that have engaged in criminal activities or union busting; 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: https://eur- lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L002 4
Amendment 157 #
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 agreements; calls on the Commission to strengthen the social clause and exclude from tenders companies that have engaged in criminal activities or union busting 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, purchasing European products where possible 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: https://eur- lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L002 4
Amendment 162 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 182 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports investments in sectors such as electric vehicle battery production, charging infrastructure, renewable and nuclear energy and digital technologies; insists that these investments must prioritise workers’ rights and community development;
Amendment 183 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports investments in sectors such as electric vehicle battery production, charging infrastructure, renewable energy and digital technologitrategic sectors necessary to ensure the prosperity and independence of the European Union and its Member States; insists that these investments must prioritise workers’ rights and community development;
Amendment 184 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports investments in sectors such as electric vehicle battery production, charging infrastructure, renewable energy and digital technologies; insists that these investments must prioritise workers’ rights and community development;
Amendment 186 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Insists that the European authorities ensure that Europe’s economic and industrial fabric is preserved by putting European companies and workers at the heart of their priorities; stresses that these objectives are vital in order to guarantee the prosperity and independence of the European Union and its Member States;
Amendment 195 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. StresseWarns that restructuring processes are essential in achieving the green transition objectives and are an imperative for a net-zero economy that sustains its social and environmental standards; warns that restructuring processes must never come at the cost of workers’ rights; 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, anshould not come at the cost of workers’ rights and should guaranteeing full respect of the right to collective bargaining;
Amendment 207 #
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; cCalls 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 231 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls onUrges 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; urgesensure the right for all to training, with the employer’s participation being commensurate with the Ccommission to ensure the right for all to training without cost to the worker and during working hourspany’s interest in the training; 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 will apply to restructuring, especially in transforming industries in strategic sectors such as automotive and energy, and will put the workers first;
Amendment 244 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that in order to prevent the loss of jobs, and in the absence of an industrial plan agreed with the social partners, a moratorium on closures and forced redundancies should be possible; calls on the Commission and the Member States to urgently agree on a moratorium on forced redundancies with a temporary support programme to protect employment during transitions, creating space for the clean industrial deal and to avoiding the loss of strategic industrial capacity; demands stronger protections against unfair dismissals and calls for workers affected by restructuring to be guaranteed adequate compensation, retraining opportunities and support in securing new employment; reaffirms that the dignity of workers must always take precedence overbe guaranteed as well as corporate profits;
Amendment 252 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 264 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls foron the establishment of a comprehensive directiveMember States to address the challenges and complexities associated with subcontracting in Europe to ensure fair working conditions, and adequate rights and protections for subcontracted workers; calls for the directive to include provisions for collective bargaining rights to enable subcontracted workers to negotiate their terms of employment effectively, while ensuring that subcontracting is not used as a means to circumvent workers’ rights;
Amendment 270 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 280 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that subcontracting must not be a means to circumvent workers’ rights;