Working conditions
The European Commission must act on abuse of EU-rules to circumvent legal strikes
The European Commission must ensure that EU-rules on posting of workers are not abused by companies to break legal strikes, such as we have recently seen Tesla do it in Sweden. This is the clear message in a...
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Cross-party MEPs demand action on dangerous substances in the workplace
With a clear call to action on worker’s health, leading MEPs, hailing from five different political groups, have today sent a letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit....
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Europe needs to spend its money better
Study after study shows that the EU's public procurement framework is failing to guarantee decent work and democracy at work. Now, the European Commission must take decisive steps to ensure social public procurement. €2 trillion, around 14% of...
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Statement on the Council position: EU Member States fail workers on asbestos
Thursday 8. December the EU Member States in the Council agreed on a position on the upcoming revision of the EU-rules on asbestos. Danish Member of the European Parliament, Nikolaj Villumsen was the rapporteur of the 2021 legislative...
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Why the EU asbestos directive revision … needs revising
The recent news that asbestos is two-to-three times as deadly as previously thought, reported here on EUobserver, has brought new — and needed — attention to an old and lingering problem: that of the silent killer, which continues to...
Opinion |Nikolaj Villumsen: The revision of the EU’s asbestos directive must itself be revised!
The EU Commission today published its proposal for a revision of the asbestos directive, this comes alongside a "communication" with further measures and legislation that we can expect to see during 2022 and 2023. Even though Nikolaj Villumsen...
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