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I agree with the excellent work carried out by the rapporteur and very much welcome the efforts of the Bilbao Agency. The rapporteur has cited some figures, but the reality is that a large number of work-related accidents and illnesses are preventable and that they particularly affect the most vulnerable people: immigrants, temporary workers, illegal workers and the unskilled. Furthermore, they affect people that receive less protection from trade unions, which do not reach large numbers of workers.
I would add that there is some danger of the situation worsening, as a result of the political options presented to the European Union. If competition between countries, rather than encouraging safety and innovation, meant a relaxation of safety measures and an increase in working hours, that would increase the number of accidents and illnesses. If the Bolkestein Directive on services brought in social dumping by means of the country of origin rule, the number of accidents and illnesses would be compounded.
There are important amendments in Mr Hughes’s proposal, above all the involvement of the social partners, that is to say the workers themselves, who are, on the one hand, the victims, and on the other, the proponents of safety and health in the workplace."@en1
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