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"en.20110608.20.3-323-000"2
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"The report focuses on a topic that is enormously important in today’s world. This is the question of workers’ rights. So-called social dumping represents a major threat for workers as it undermines their rights in a fundamental way. International companies are the main players when it comes to applying social standards. It is therefore absolutely essential to define the social responsibility of companies clearly and unambiguously so that we can limit the number of differing interpretations and establish minimum obligations in this area, as well as a method for monitoring their fulfilment. Many firms come into regions only for the temporary financial advantage, mostly because of cheap labour. Companies generally refuse to establish long-term links in a region, and therefore to participate in shared social responsibility in the region. The report calls for the strengthening of basic employment standards, which are enshrined in the conventions of the International Labour Organisation, including freedom of association and collective bargaining, the elimination of forced and compulsory labour, the elimination of discrimination in the workplace and the abolition of child labour. It demands changes in the global administration system and in the EU, with the aim of better protection of workers’ rights and employment conditions. The rapporteurs have managed to defend a clear social dimension in the submitted report, and I have therefore voted in favour of the report."@en1
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