Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-02-13-Speech-2-070"
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"Mr President, unfortunately it is very timely that we should be discussing these issues today in the light of current examples of restructuring. As has been mentioned earlier, the Anglo-Dutch company Corus – the steel company – is a classic example of a company making decisions based on profit with no regard to the disastrous social costs of its actions. Corus has just announced total job losses of 6 000 in the UK – nearly 3 000 in my own constituency in Wales. Despite months of speculation over possible plant closures the company was unwilling to reveal its future plans to the government, let alone to its own workforce, until the formal announcement was made on 1 February. There was no prior consultation with the workforce, although since announcing the decision the company has been holding what it calls "consultation".
There is speculation that Danone, a profitable company, is to shed 3 000 jobs in Europe. Again there has been no consultation with the workers and no discussion about alternative ways forward. That is why it is so important to adopt the directive on the information and consultation of workers without delay, together with a review of the European Works Council Directive and the Collective Redundancies Directive, which incidentally proved to offer so little protection to the Corus workers in my constituency.
Companies cannot be free to wreak such havoc on people's lives and communities. There is a positive framework of controls and sanctions which we can use. We must make sure they are effective."@en1
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