EU: the European Parliament adopted a resolution in favour of the strengthening of workers’ rights to information and consultation

European deputies adopted, on Thursday May 10, a resolution "on the strengthening of European legislation in the field of workers’ information and consultation". The resolution particularly insists on the revision of the directive on European WCs, which deputies think is badly enforced in member States. (Ref. 070416)
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In reaction to the intensification of restructurings processes and to the recent cases of restructuring and mass layoffs, European deputies underline that “constructive and positive exchange of workers’ information and true consultation are important in order to foresee industrial evolution and that, in addition, information and consultation represent a central element of our European social model”. As a consequence, they invite the Commission – as they already did on several occasions and quit

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