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This directive will give valuable protection to many employees whose livelihoods are at risk, in particular due to the increasing ease with which companies relocate. It will not, of course, stop job losses but it will prevent situations from arising where employees read that they are being made redundant in the newspaper. It will also enable preparations for large-scale job losses to be made if they are inevitable. It does not adversely affect the 97% of companies with fewer than 50 workers that fall outside the terms of the directive.
This final agreement is certainly not as strong as the Green/EFA Group wanted. Nevertheless, we will support the agreement because it is a major step forward in some states like the UK, which currently has no such protection for workers. We saw this in my constituency, Wales, when Corus made 3,000 steelworkers redundant, with disastrous effects on many communities and no prior consultation with the workforce. The six-year exemption unfortunately shows that the UK Government has learned nothing from that experience and workers in Wales will continue to be amongst the most vulnerable in Europe to job losses.
I hope it will not take six years before all workers in Europe enjoy the same rights."@en1
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