#ProcuringDecentWork

Five Members of the European Parliament from different political groups have co-authored an opinion piece backing UNI Europa’s Procuring Decent Work campaign. They make the case for a change to EU public procurement rules and call for public contracts to only go to companies that have collective bargaining agreements with their workers.

Their opinion piece is available in English, French and Spanish.

Women are worst hit by broken public procurement rules. Instead of fuelling precarity and low pay, public money must ensure working women have a strong collective say. Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, UNI Europa highlights the importance of fixing public procurement rules to closing the gender pay gap.

Find out more and watch the video here.

Collective Bargaining vs Inequality

New UNI Europa research indicates that the weakening of collective bargaining is a key driver behind increasing income inequality in Europe.

“This report shows that inequality is a deliberate policy choice. When policy-makers exclude working people from having a say at work, they are taking aim at shared prosperity. The tools for workers to claim a fair share of the wealth they create are dismantled. This money is redistributed upwards to be captured by shareholders instead” explained Oliver Roethig, Regional Secretary of UNI Europa.

Check out the report and watch the summary video.

#MakeAmazonPay

New report by UNI and Good Jobs First reveals that Amazon, the tech juggernaut and notorious tax-dodger, is aggressively seeking taxpayers’ money.

The tax breaks and subsidies it receives amounts to at least €4.1 billion in subsidies from taxpayers globally.

Check out the report  here.

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