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"The way in which the existing treaties are being used to undermine workers’ rights is a scandal. The European Court of Justice stated that its judgment on the Rüffert case is in keeping with the provisions of the existing Treaties. The Lisbon Treaty will do nothing to improve this situation.
Protection of vulnerable workers throughout the European Union should have been secured in the negotiations on the Treaty. It was not. The direction in which the Treaty wants to take Europe is one which fundamentally undermines Europe’s social model.
In Ireland we have known since Irish Ferries and before that the pre-eminence of the internal market was leading to situations where workers’ rights are being undermined.
I support the spirit of the ETUC call for a social progress clause to be inserted into the Treaty I believe that the only way to secure workers’ rights into the future is to reject this Treaty and send Member States back to the negotiating table.
A new Treaty could firmly establish that fundamental rights, the right to strike and the right of workers to take collective action to improve their working and living conditions beyond minimum standards, would take precedence over the internal market."@en1
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