ETUC calls for urgent measures to protect workers' rights

Europe

Speaking at a special European Commission forum on workers’ rights and economic freedoms, ETUC general secretary John Monks called for urgent action in response to recent European Court judgements. He pointed out that the decisions in the Viking, Laval, Rüffert and Luxembourg cases had all gone against trade unions and gave precedence to the single market. The ETUC wants to see Member States agree a protocol that gives precedence to fundamental employment rights as well as reforms to the posted workers’ directive. ETUC president and head of the Swedish LO confederation, Wanja Lundby-Wedin, expressed her concerns not only over the failure of European politicians to address the issue but also of the significant gap between the views of the ETUC and those of the businesseurope employers’ organisation that has said it is satisfied with the ECJ rulings.
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