{"id":2263,"date":"2022-03-04T09:44:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T09:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/?post_type=news&p=2263"},"modified":"2022-03-04T11:38:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T11:38:02","slug":"opinion-changing-the-rules-of-public-procurement-can-deliver-for-essential-workers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/news\/opinion-changing-the-rules-of-public-procurement-can-deliver-for-essential-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: changing the rules of public procurement can deliver for essential workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five Members of the European Parliament from different political groups have co-authored an opinion piece backing UNI Europa\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
They are: Dennis Radtke<\/a> (EPP), Agnes Jongerius<\/a> (S&D), Irena Joveva<\/a> (Renew), Kim van Sparrentak<\/a> (Greens\/EFA) and Nikolaj Villumsen<\/a> (GUE\/NGL).<\/p>\n Their opinion piece is available in English<\/a>, French<\/a> and Spanish<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n OPINION | By a cross-party alliance of Members of the European Parliament<\/p>\n ??Procuring decent work: changing the rules of public procurement can deliver lasting improvements for essential workers <\/p>\n \u27a1\ufe0fhttps:\/\/t.co\/m836xn8BW2<\/a> #EU<\/a> #DecentWork<\/a> #CollectiveBargaining<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/I3AT8o8iCL<\/a><\/p>\n\n