Social clause in procurement, health and safety and prospects for SITA
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Union calls for more focus on social clauses in procurement
EPSU Vice-President and President of the JHL public service union, Tuire Santamäki-Vuori has called on public authorities to take social criteria into account when purchasing services from the public sector. She points out that many local authorities have forgotten that it is possible to incorporate social criteria into procurement and that they should not be focusing on the lowest cost bids that risk delivering low quality services and poor employment conditions. Read more at > JHL (EN)