10 Amendments of Rovana PLUMB related to 2010/2301(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the recent years of high economic growth in China have not equally benefited all segments of the Chinese population and that the social gap between the rich and the poor is gradually increasing;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for a further improvement of EU development aid, especially in such areas as employment, protection of safety and health at work, poverty eradication, public health and hygiene, education and improvement of the life conditions of children;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Emphasises the importance for global trade of the further improvement of the Chinese labour force; calls for the development of an EU-China comprehensive consultation mechanism in the field of education, as an adequate instrument aiming to strengthen the academic cooperation, the exchange of students and teachers training; underlines the necessity to increase the cooperation in the health sector, especially by sharing experience and control of HIV/AIDS and other serious diseases;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Emphasises the importance of exchange experience and best practices in the field of employment opportunities on developing green jobs, when dealing with the economic, social and environmental impact on climate change;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls for the further development of an improved cooperation on employment of legal immigrants and protection of the rights and interests of migrant workers and enhanced coordination in international labour affairs;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls for further improvement of gender mainstreaming capacity of the government, employers' and workers' organizations with a view to effectively promote gender equality into national employment policies;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Calls for the development of an adequate framework aiming to enhance the cooperation between the EU trade unions and the Chinese ones as an adequate instrument targeting the improvement of the working conditions of the labour force, the exchange of the best practices in the same field and to fulfil the ILO conventions;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3g. Calls on the European Commission to include, within the free trade agreements and investments, the corporate social responsibility clause to comply with the eight core conventions and the four priority conventions of ILO;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 h (new)
Paragraph 3 h (new)
3h. Calls on the European Commission for the inclusion of a social clause in WTO agreements in accordance with ILO core labour standards;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on European business operating in China to apply the highest international standards and best practices in corporate social responsibility with regard to workers;