Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2016/2140(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU flagship initiative on the garment sector
Amendments (5)
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that voluntary initiatives are not adequatelone cannot fully addressing issues such as health and safety, wages, social security and working time;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. BWelieves the current flagship initiative does not go fcomes the Commission's proposed objectives of better collaboration between stakeholders, awareness raising among European consumers, supporting developing countries to endorse and implement international labour and environmental standards, and fostering companies' responsible management and transpar enough incy of supply chains; believes the current flagship initiative can go further to improvinge the garment sector; calls on the Commission to release as a matter of urgency the report it commissioned identifying gaps in current policy;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that trade unions must be able to operate independently and freely to promote and protect workers’' rights, particularly health and safety, with access to factories to educate workers on their rights and their safety and that they are a necessary partner in social dialogue and collective bargaining;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the importance of independent labour inspections in early warning and prevention, yet notes that factors such as audit fatigue can undermine their effectiveness; recommends further research on ways of improving audits and inspections, such as sending different labour inspectors each time, which can lead to more stringent standards, especially in countries with corruption issues; notes the importance of the adequate recruitment of labour inspectors and ongoing training for new and existing inspectors alike;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that responsibility should extend throughout the entire supply chain, and commends existing efforts to this effect; believes, howevconsider,s that thenew EU is best placed to develop a common framework through legislation on mandatory due diligence and supply chain transparencylegislation is necessary to create a legal obligation of corporate Human Rights due diligence for EU garment companies outsourcing production to third countries, including binding measures to secure traceability and transparency, which would oblige companies wishing to operate on the European market to provide information about the entire supply chain of their products; recommends that regulation should come in addition to and in support of voluntary initiatives, and that information gathered as a result of EU action should be publicly available.