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Emphasises the need to support existing best practices that guarantee decent working conditions in developing countries, such as those of the international Fair Trade movement;
Emphasises the need to support existing best practices that guarantee decent working conditions in developing countries, such as those of the international Fair Trade movement;
Notes that only respect for fundamental ILO conventions was included as an indicator of good governance on the basis of which developing countries might be eligible for additional financing; considers that investing in decent work is also a sign of good governance; stresses, therefore, that, in addition to the fundamental ILO conventions, decent work should be included as an indicator of good governance;
Notes that only respect for fundamental ILO conventions was included as an indicator of good governance on the basis of which developing countries might be eligible for additional financing; considers that investing in decent work is also a sign of good governance; stresses, therefore, that, in addition to the fundamental ILO conventions, decent work should be included as an indicator of good governance;
Emphasises the need to establish a demand-driven global knowledge-sharing network on decent work and local development based on primarily national research, capacity and institution building;
Emphasises the need to establish a demand-driven global knowledge-sharing network on decent work and local development based on primarily national research, capacity and institution building;
Proposes that the EU request observer status for the ILO within the WTO and the establishment of a committee on trade and decent work along the lines of the committee on trade and environment;
Proposes that the EU request observer status for the ILO within the WTO and the establishment of a committee on trade and decent work along the lines of the committee on trade and environment;
Reminds the Member States of ILO Convention C100 concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value, which calls on governments and the social partners to build new social and economic structures to strengthen the role of women in the economy and in the labour market; believes that there is a need both to take specific measures in favour of women and to introduce gender mainstreaming into all policies, programmes and projects to overcome obstacles preventing women from finding decent work;
Reminds the Member States of ILO Convention C100 concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value, which calls on governments and the social partners to build new social and economic structures to strengthen the role of women in the economy and in the labour market; believes that there is a need both to take specific measures in favour of women and to introduce gender mainstreaming into all policies, programmes and projects to overcome obstacles preventing women from finding decent work;
Calls on the Member States and the Commission, as employers in developing countries, to take account of the principle of decent work, particularly by increasing wages in accordance with Recommendation 135 of the ILO concerning Minimum Wage Fixing, with Special Reference to Developing Countries.
Calls on the Member States and the Commission, as employers in developing countries, to take account of the principle of decent work, particularly by increasing wages in accordance with Recommendation 135 of the ILO concerning Minimum Wage Fixing, with Special Reference to Developing Countries.
Promoting decent work for all
Promoting decent work for all
Feleknas Uca 6.11.2006
Feleknas Uca 6.11.2006
Margrietus van den Berg, Josep Borrell Fontelles, Danutė Budreikaitė, Corina Creţu, Alexandra Dobolyi, Filip Kaczmarek, Glenys Kinnock, Maria Martens, José Javier Pomés Ruiz, Miguel Portas, Horst Posdorf, Pierre Schapira, Frithjof Schmidt, Jürgen Schröder, Feleknas Uca, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García, Anna Záborská
Margrietus van den Berg, Josep Borrell Fontelles, Danutė Budreikaitė, Corina Creţu, Alexandra Dobolyi, Filip Kaczmarek, Glenys Kinnock, Maria Martens, José Javier Pomés Ruiz, Miguel Portas, Horst Posdorf, Pierre Schapira, Frithjof Schmidt, Jürgen Schröder, Feleknas Uca, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García, Anna Záborská
Ana Maria Gomes, Jan Jerzy Kułakowski, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Manolis Mavrommatis, Tobias Pflüger, Anne Van Lancker, Åsa Westlund, Zbigniew Zaleski
Ana Maria Gomes, Jan Jerzy Kułakowski, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Manolis Mavrommatis, Tobias Pflüger, Anne Van Lancker, Åsa Westlund, Zbigniew Zaleski
OPINION of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
OPINION of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality calls on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality calls on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
Declares that all jobs are dignified provided that workers’ rights are respected: fair and equal wages for equal work, irrespective of gender, adequate payment of insurance and social security contributions and a safe and healthy working environment;
Declares that all jobs are dignified provided that workers’ rights are respected: fair and equal wages for equal work, irrespective of gender, adequate payment of insurance and social security contributions and a safe and healthy working environment;
Calls on the Member States and businesses, in cooperation with the social partners and on the basis of Community legislation on the health and safety of workers, to adopt preventive strategies and implement measures designed to protect maternity and improve health and safety at work for pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding;
Calls on the Member States and businesses, in cooperation with the social partners and on the basis of Community legislation on the health and safety of workers, to adopt preventive strategies and implement measures designed to protect maternity and improve health and safety at work for pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding;
Stresses that the concept of decent work also involves a decent retirement and the entitlements pertaining thereto;
Stresses that the concept of decent work also involves a decent retirement and the entitlements pertaining thereto;
Furthermore, states that there can be no decent work without equality between the sexes and emphasises in particular the requirement that equal work must be rewarded by equal pay;
Furthermore, states that there can be no decent work without equality between the sexes and emphasises in particular the requirement that equal work must be rewarded by equal pay;
Stresses that decent work calls for any kind of violence at work to be prevented, with particular reference - owing to its greater incidence and impact - to violence (both physical and psychological) relating to the victim’s sex;
Stresses that decent work calls for any kind of violence at work to be prevented, with particular reference - owing to its greater incidence and impact - to violence (both physical and psychological) relating to the victim’s sex;
Stresses the need to improve the transparency of labour markets, so that all kinds of work (temporary, permanent, full-time, part-time, hourly paid) are official, decently paid, and that they fully respect workers’ rights, core labour standards, social dialogue, social protection (including health and safety at work) and gender equality;
Stresses the need to improve the transparency of labour markets, so that all kinds of work (temporary, permanent, full-time, part-time, hourly paid) are official, decently paid, and that they fully respect workers’ rights, core labour standards, social dialogue, social protection (including health and safety at work) and gender equality;
Encourages businesses to adopt responsible, non-discriminatory recruitment and professional development policies in order to boost the employment of women and the disadvantaged on the labour market;
Encourages businesses to adopt responsible, non-discriminatory recruitment and professional development policies in order to boost the employment of women and the disadvantaged on the labour market;
Points out that special attention should be paid to the employment of women, with regard to which the regulations are still not being fully complied with in many cases and the indices of which are less favourable in both quantitative and qualitative terms than those relating to the employment of men, and to creating an environment enabling women to balance work and family life;
Points out that special attention should be paid to the employment of women, with regard to which the regulations are still not being fully complied with in many cases and the indices of which are less favourable in both quantitative and qualitative terms than those relating to the employment of men, and to creating an environment enabling women to balance work and family life;
Recommends that businesses take initiatives to promote greater participation and representation of women on bodies involved in social dialogue, a strategic goal of the concept of decent work;
Recommends that businesses take initiatives to promote greater participation and representation of women on bodies involved in social dialogue, a strategic goal of the concept of decent work;
Calls upon the Member States which have not yet done so to incorporate into their domestic law provisions which make bullying and sexual harassment an offence;
Calls upon the Member States which have not yet done so to incorporate into their domestic law provisions which make bullying and sexual harassment an offence;
Criticises the fact that gender mainstreaming is not adequately taken into account in the Commission’s approach on promoting decent work for all; highlights the lack of suitable gender equality indicators and the systematic absence of information on wage differentials and ‘glass ceilings’;
Criticises the fact that gender mainstreaming is not adequately taken into account in the Commission’s approach on promoting decent work for all; highlights the lack of suitable gender equality indicators and the systematic absence of information on wage differentials and ‘glass ceilings’;
Stresses the importance of promoting working relations in which gender issues are duly regulated for all and in every sector, in both the EU’s relations and cooperation programmes with the regions and with non-member states, with the aim of achieving equal opportunities for women and men and awareness of the gender dimension on the labour market;
Stresses the importance of promoting working relations in which gender issues are duly regulated for all and in every sector, in both the EU’s relations and cooperation programmes with the regions and with non-member states, with the aim of achieving equal opportunities for women and men and awareness of the gender dimension on the labour market;
Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the social partners and the ILO, to encourage female entrepreneurs to set up and develop businesses inside and outside the EU as part of the policy of development cooperation;
Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the social partners and the ILO, to encourage female entrepreneurs to set up and develop businesses inside and outside the EU as part of the policy of development cooperation;
Stresses the need to outlaw enforced part-time working (which mainly affects women) and working hours which are detrimental to family life because they are disjointed or excessively spread out;
Stresses the need to outlaw enforced part-time working (which mainly affects women) and working hours which are detrimental to family life because they are disjointed or excessively spread out;
Stresses the need for greater efforts to be made with regard to vocational training through the introduction in particular of appropriate personalised monitoring for employees at every stage of their working lives;
Stresses the need for greater efforts to be made with regard to vocational training through the introduction in particular of appropriate personalised monitoring for employees at every stage of their working lives;
Recommends that ways be explored to increase the desirability of jobs now considered too heavy or menial (domestic help, family assistance, caring for the elderly, personal services, etc.);
Recommends that ways be explored to increase the desirability of jobs now considered too heavy or menial (domestic help, family assistance, caring for the elderly, personal services, etc.);
Stresses the importance, therefore, of seeking practical strategies for promoting occupations which, for reasons of culture or ‘social image’, are stigmatised as being difficult and dangerous jobs, and as such are often not governed by the law and without any social protection;
Stresses the importance, therefore, of seeking practical strategies for promoting occupations which, for reasons of culture or ‘social image’, are stigmatised as being difficult and dangerous jobs, and as such are often not governed by the law and without any social protection;
Stresses that support should be given to the efforts of the Member States to coordinate their activities and exchange best practices in order to achieve these objectives.
Stresses that support should be given to the efforts of the Member States to coordinate their activities and exchange best practices in order to achieve these objectives.
Opinion delivered by Date announced in plenary
Opinion delivered by Date announced in plenary
Amalia Sartori 11.10.2006
Amalia Sartori 11.10.2006
Edit Bauer, Maria Carlshamre, Edite Estrela, Ilda Figueiredo, Věra Flasarová, Claire Gibault, Lissy Gröner, Zita Gurmai, Esther Herranz García, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Lívia Járóka, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Urszula Krupa, Pia Elda Locatelli, Angelika Niebler, Siiri Oviir, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Christa Prets, Marie-Line Reynaud, Teresa Riera Madurell, Eva-Britt Svensson, Britta Thomsen, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Anna Záborská
Edit Bauer, Maria Carlshamre, Edite Estrela, Ilda Figueiredo, Věra Flasarová, Claire Gibault, Lissy Gröner, Zita Gurmai, Esther Herranz García, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Lívia Járóka, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Urszula Krupa, Pia Elda Locatelli, Angelika Niebler, Siiri Oviir, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Christa Prets, Marie-Line Reynaud, Teresa Riera Madurell, Eva-Britt Svensson, Britta Thomsen, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Anna Záborská
The Committee on International Trade calls on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
The Committee on International Trade calls on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
Recalls the international community's commitment, at the United Nations summit of 14-16 September 2005, to supporting the decent work agenda drawn up by the ILO; considers the promotion of this agenda to be a priority with a view to achieving the millennium development goals and the eradication of poverty;
Recalls the international community's commitment, at the United Nations summit of 14-16 September 2005, to supporting the decent work agenda drawn up by the ILO; considers the promotion of this agenda to be a priority with a view to achieving the millennium development goals and the eradication of poverty;
Welcomes the Commission's will to mainstream the promotion of decent work into the EU's external policies, in particular bilateral and regional trade and external aid policies; stresses that the Commission must take advantage of the bilateral and multilateral negotiations to place more of its commercial weight behind promoting social standards and decent work;
Welcomes the Commission's will to mainstream the promotion of decent work into the EU's external policies, in particular bilateral and regional trade and external aid policies; stresses that the Commission must take advantage of the bilateral and multilateral negotiations to place more of its commercial weight behind promoting social standards and decent work;
Calls on the Commission not to neglect the multilateral dimension in the promotion of a decent work agenda; asks the Commission, in particular, to come forward with a proposal at the WTO with the aim of making sure that WTO rulings fully incorporate the ILO decent work proposals;
Calls on the Commission not to neglect the multilateral dimension in the promotion of a decent work agenda; asks the Commission, in particular, to come forward with a proposal at the WTO with the aim of making sure that WTO rulings fully incorporate the ILO decent work proposals;
Affirms that promoting decent work is consistent with the EU's values and that it is in the EU's interest to ensure that international trade grows in line with the European social model with a view to avoiding all kinds of social dumping; calls for the EU's external policies to aim for the economic development of partner countries, but also for compliance with social standards and decent work, providing decent incomes for workers and their families, together with the right to health and safety at work, social protection and trade union freedom;
Affirms that promoting decent work is consistent with the EU's values and that it is in the EU's interest to ensure that international trade grows in line with the European social model with a view to avoiding all kinds of social dumping; calls for the EU's external policies to aim for the economic development of partner countries, but also for compliance with social standards and decent work, providing decent incomes for workers and their families, together with the right to health and safety at work, social protection and trade union freedom;
Stresses the responsibility of the social partners for promoting decent work for all, and calls on the Commission to support them and encourage their initiatives in this field;
Stresses the responsibility of the social partners for promoting decent work for all, and calls on the Commission to support them and encourage their initiatives in this field;
Believes that multinational companies, including European multinationals, operating in developing countries must consider themselves to have responsibilities extending to the social sphere, requiring them to promote decent work in the conduct of their business and to endeavour to eliminate child labour;
Believes that multinational companies, including European multinationals, operating in developing countries must consider themselves to have responsibilities extending to the social sphere, requiring them to promote decent work in the conduct of their business and to endeavour to eliminate child labour;
Supports the Commission's action with a view to securing the broadest possible ratification of ILO conventions, particularly those which relate to fundamental working standards; recommends that the Commission make the implementation of core labour standards a permanent element in bilateral consultations at all levels, both with countries where violations occur and with countries that have trade and investment links with such countries; recommends that the Commission include, in all bilateral trade agreements and strategic partnerships, a clause on the implementation of core labour standards, in particular with regard to trade union rights, the ban on forced labour and child labour, gender equality at work and the rights of migrant workers; calls on the Commission, once the ILO conventions have been ratified, to monitor effectively their implementation and report to Parliament on a regular basis; also calls for measures to be taken with a view to effectively combating social dumping;
Supports the Commission's action with a view to securing the broadest possible ratification of ILO conventions, particularly those which relate to fundamental working standards; recommends that the Commission make the implementation of core labour standards a permanent element in bilateral consultations at all levels, both with countries where violations occur and with countries that have trade and investment links with such countries; recommends that the Commission include, in all bilateral trade agreements and strategic partnerships, a clause on the implementation of core labour standards, in particular with regard to trade union rights, the ban on forced labour and child labour, gender equality at work and the rights of migrant workers; calls on the Commission, once the ILO conventions have been ratified, to monitor effectively their implementation and report to Parliament on a regular basis; also calls for measures to be taken with a view to effectively combating social dumping;
Proposes that the EU incorporates, as a matter of course, social clauses on decent work in all bilateral and regional cooperation instruments, including trade agreements;
Proposes that the EU incorporates, as a matter of course, social clauses on decent work in all bilateral and regional cooperation instruments, including trade agreements;
Calls on the Commission to ensure the implementation of Article 50 of the Cotonou Agreement, which includes a specific provision on trade and labour standards and which confirms the parties' commitment to core labour standards;
Calls on the Commission to ensure the implementation of Article 50 of the Cotonou Agreement, which includes a specific provision on trade and labour standards and which confirms the parties' commitment to core labour standards;
Urges the Commission to make compliance with core labour standards a precondition for its purchasing and contracting policy; calls on the Commission, to this end, to develop a policy and to provide trade related assistance which would make it possible for small producers in developing countries likewise to comply with these standards;
Urges the Commission to make compliance with core labour standards a precondition for its purchasing and contracting policy; calls on the Commission, to this end, to develop a policy and to provide trade related assistance which would make it possible for small producers in developing countries likewise to comply with these standards;
Is convinced that the lead position of the EU in global trade and in the reaping of the economic benefits of increased global trade is due to the high level of social partnership and peace in the EU, which must be preserved as the overall aim of all trade policy instruments;
Is convinced that the lead position of the EU in global trade and in the reaping of the economic benefits of increased global trade is due to the high level of social partnership and peace in the EU, which must be preserved as the overall aim of all trade policy instruments;
Approves the Commission's guidelines on the development of indicators and assessment methodologies which incorporate decent work into the sustainability impact assessments (SIAs), in particular for new bilateral and regional trade agreements and export processing zones; welcomes the pilot project launched with the ILO to measure the impact of trade and its liberalisation on decent work; hopes that it may be extended to more countries and that these indicators may be systematically included in SIAs as tools for assessing trade policies;
Approves the Commission's guidelines on the development of indicators and assessment methodologies which incorporate decent work into the sustainability impact assessments (SIAs), in particular for new bilateral and regional trade agreements and export processing zones; welcomes the pilot project launched with the ILO to measure the impact of trade and its liberalisation on decent work; hopes that it may be extended to more countries and that these indicators may be systematically included in SIAs as tools for assessing trade policies;