During a hearing organized by the European Parliament(s Commission for Employment and Social Affairs, on February 26, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) presented its position on the consequences of the Court of Justice rulings on the Laval (see our article No. 071034) and Viking (see our article No. 071012) cases. The ETUC asks MEPs to "repair the damages" these two decisions have done to social Europe and to national industrial relations systems. (Ref. 080167)
Hard blow on national industrial relations systems. According to the ETUC, these two rulings seriously endanger unions’ right to act against social dumping, especially in northern countries where they have traditional efficient means to have national collective agreements respected. “What we have now is a licence for social dumping, and key features of national industrial relations systems face being superseded by the free movement provisions”, John Monks, ETUC general secretary, told MEPs. He
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