This website is promoting a Europe-wide petition for the following
- An amendment to the posted workers directive to at least clearly spell out how mandatory standards can be guaranteed through collective agreement and also defended through collective action.
- An agreed temporary agency directive as quickly as possible.
- A social progress clause making it clear that the fundamental right to organise and the right to strike are in no way subordinate to the economic freedoms.
We need to persuade the Commission to honour their commitment. The purpose of this petition is to build up a groundswell of support for action now!
NB: Should 1 million signatures be gathered, then the Petitions Committee of the European Parliament, will pass it on to the European Commission, so that proper action is taken. So, please send this link to your colleagues and encourage them to sign
Latest Bulletin
Laval, Viking and the Limited Right to Strike - November 2008
Daniel Ornstein, who works for Herbert Smith, a big commercial firm of solicitors based in London, advises employers. The article reflects his views of the effects of Viking and Laval throughout the EU. The article is as published in the Employment Lawyers Association Briefing Volume 15, No. 9: November 2008 and is re-published here with the kind permission of ELA and the author.
Two European Court of Justice rulings, Viking Line and Laval, have a potentially far-reaching impact on the lawfulness of industrial action in the UK. In both cases, employees sought to strike to protest against plans to replace workers from one EU country with lower-paid workers from another...
Read the full bulletin (doc, 36kb)
Source: Laval, Viking and the Limited Right to Strike