18 Amendments of Paul MURPHY related to 2011/0269(COD)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established by Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund19 for the duration of the Financial Framework from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013 to enable the Union to show solidarity towardscushion the negative consequences for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to provide support for their rapid reintegration into employmentstemming from the neoliberal policies the EU, amongst others, is pursuing. While increasing profitability of big business, these policies stimulate competition between workers and thus lead not only to the driving down of wages and conditions but also to massive job losses as a result of downsizing and relocation. This initial objective of the EGF remains valid.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Whereas the EGF does not provide a solution to growing unemployment and the undermining of working conditions across the EU. If the EU and national governments are serious about fighting unemployment they should introduce measures, including the nationalisation of the main sectors of the economy and of those companies threatened with relocation and job losses in order to stop the race to the bottom of workers´ wages and conditions;
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to maintain the European nature of the EGF, an application for support should be triggered when the number of redundancies reaches a minimum threshold. In small labour markets, such as small Member States or remote regions, and in exceptional circumstances, applications may be submitted for a lower number of redundancies. As regards farmers, the necessary criteria should be determined by the Commission in relation to the consequences of each trade agreement.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Redundant workers should have equal access to the EGF independently of their type of employment contract or employment relationship. Therefore, workers with fixed term contracts and temporary agency workers made redundant as well as owner-managers of micro, and small and medium-sized enterprises and self- employed workers who cease their activities and farmers who change or adjust their activities to a new market situation following trade agreements, should be regarded as redundant workers for the purposes of this Regulation.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market measures aimed at reintegrating redundant workers rapidly into employment, either within or outside their initial sector of activity,; including the agricultural sector. The inclusion of pecuniary allowances in a coordinated package of personalised services should therefore be restricted.t is vital that employment is defined as decent and full time employment with due respect to working conditions, wages and full trade union rights; considers this essential in halting the race to the bottom;
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) When drawing up the coordinated package of active labour market policy measures, Member States should favour measures that will significantly contribute to the employability of the redundant workers. Member States should strive towards the reintegration into employment or new activities of at least 50 %all of the targeted workers within 12 months of the date of application.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Special provisions should be included for information and communication activities on EGF cases and outcomes. In addition, to bring about greater efficiency in communication to the public at large and stronger synergies between the communication activities undertaken at the initiative of the Commission, the resources allocated to communication actions under this Regulation should also contribute to covering the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union provided that these are related to the general objectives of this Regulation.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To facilitate the implementation of this Regulation, expenditure should be eligible either from the date on which a Member State incurs administrative expenditure for implementing the EGF or from the date on which a Member State starts to provide personalised services or, in the case of farmers, from the date set in a Commission act in accordance with Article 4(3).
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Farmers are adversely affected by market liberalisation in agricultural products and FTAs concluded by the EU; supports the necessity for farmers to have access to financial compensation and assistance in reorganising their activities in a financially and ecologically sustainable way; is of the opinion that their needs are best addressed in the context of the reform of the CAP and that the EGF should be maintained as a fund for workers affected by globalisation and the economic crisis;
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
The aim of the EGF shall be to contribute to economic growth and employment in the Union by enabling the Union to show solidarity towards workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation, trade agreements affecting agriculture, or an unexpected crisis, and to provide financial support for their rapid reintegration into employment, or for changing or adjusting their agricultural activities.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘a worker’ means owner-managers of micro, small and medium and small-sized enterprises and, self- employed workers (including farmers) and all members of the household active in the business, provided that, if farmers, they were already producing the output affected by the relevant trade agreement before the measures concerning the specific sector were implemented.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Where owner-managers of micro, small and medium and small-sized enterprises and self- employed workers change or, in the case of farmers, adjust their previous activities, such situations shall be considered as redundancies for the purposes of this Regulation.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) For owner-managers of micro, and small and medium-sized enterprises and self- employed workers (including farmers), the redundancy shall be counted either from the date of cessation of the activities caused by any of the conditions set out in Article 2, and determined in accordance with national law or administrative provisions, or from the date specified by the Commission in the delegated act adopted in accordance with the Article 4(3).
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c