21 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2024/2829(RSP)
Amendment 2 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the revised European Social Charter,
Amendment 53 #
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 66 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas according to European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) the automotive industry is a vital economic pillar in Europe that currently supports around 13 million jobs;
Amendment 69 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Eurofound data shows that employment in vehicle manufacturing, the supplier industry and in sales has increased somewhat in the last decade, the last three years have seen signs of decline, with European Restructuring Monitor recording evidence of large scale lay-offs in a several countries and among different manufacturers. The overall number of jobs in the automotive sector (NACE C29, G45) is on a continuous decline since mid-2023;
Amendment 79 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the transition from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles is imperative, but it must be achieved in a way that avoids job losses in traditional automotive manufacturingbuilds on jobs and workers of traditional manufacturing and capitalises on the employment potential of EV manufacturing including the jobs in its supply chains and in the charging infrastructure;
Amendment 106 #
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 118 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for a permanent 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 support the protection and creation of quality jobs and 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); remains that the Eurofound assessment shows the job retention schemes, in part supported through SURE, saved an estimated 26.9 million jobs in the EU during the pandemic;
Amendment 129 #
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 ensure targeted consultation of social partners in the definition of the Clean Industrial Deal; calls on the Commission to include the overall objective of raising workensuring quality jobs at the EU level;
Amendment 158 #
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 bargainingwhose workers are covered by collective agreements; 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 161 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that according to Eurofound research of working conditions, not all jobs created as a result of the de-carbonisation of the economy will be good quality jobs and that monitoring of job quality remains essential; calls for the quality jobs roadmap to include a proposal on social conditionalities in the access to European funds related to decarbonisation;
Amendment 170 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates its call for EU funding and support to companies, 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 conditions;
Amendment 181 #
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 quality jobs, workers’ rights and community development;
Amendment 190 #
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 Fair Transition Observatory, to track the number of jobs created or abolished and the companies concerned;
Amendment 200 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that restructuring processes are essential intransformation processes will need to take place in the process of achieving the green transition objectives and are an imperative for a net-zero economy that sustains its social and environmental standards; warns that transformation processes and restructuring 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, a target, according to Eurofound currently reached in only 8 of them, and guaranteeing full respect of the right to collective bargaining;
Amendment 205 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes the need for strengthening social dialogue and for better articulation of collective agreements insofar as according to Eurofound most of the recently identified agreements have been concluded at company level, some have been identified at the cross-sectoral level, with few agreements available at sectoral level;
Amendment 213 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that when no other option is available restructuring processes should start as early as possible to prevent insolvency and mitigateavoid 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 222 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Warns that restructuring must not be used as a pretext to violate workers’ and trade union rights7 ; deplores the frequent violations of the fundamental rights of collective bargaining and information and consultation before a decision is made; emphasises that trade unions must be empowered to challenge any company’s decision to restructure with the right to call on the support of an independent expert, paid by the employer, to evaluate any restructuring case; calls on the Commission to put in place further safeguards to prevent the misuse of restructuring as a means to exploit workers or avoid obligations, particularly in cases of tactical insolvency; sanctions should be imposed on abuses; __________________ 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 228 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Is alarmed that European company law provisions are being used to circumvent national systems of workers’ information, consultation and participation; reiterates its call to introduce a new framework directive on workers’ information, consultation and participation for European companies, in order to establish minimum standards for information, consultation and participation for those company forms , in particular at company level ; stresses that the Directive for a Just Transition in the world of work must strengthen democracy at work with regards to measures concerning climate change, digital transformation and restructuring;
Amendment 237 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. 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 restructuringany transformation or restructuring processes for any transitions (including the green and the digital ones), especially in transforming industries in strategic sectors such as automotive and energy, and will put the workersorkers must be put first;
Amendment 258 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. 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 and ensuring quality jobs, with the objective of accelerating the EU’s transition to a climate-neutral economy and managing all transitions while strengthening the European social model and social justice;
Amendment 266 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the establishment of a comprehensive directive to address the challenges and complexities associated with subcontracting and labour intermediaries in Europe to ensure fair working conditions, adequate rights and protections for subcontracted workers; calls for the directive to include measures regulating the role of labour intermediaries and introducing an EU general legal framework limiting subcontracting and ensuring joint and several liability through the subcontracting chain, as well as provisions for collective bargaining rights to ensure equal treatment and enable subcontracted workers to negotiate their terms of employment effectively;