when services workers, many working in small companies, are properly covered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAnd finally, we will achieve the 80% when the EU and governments don\u2019t sit back, but leverage their powers. Public money must go to companies that respect workers. Public money is not there to support companies that compete on low wages and low working conditions. Our campaign is \u201cNo public contract without collective agreement\u201d. We have the support of 170 MEPs, several of them here.<\/p>\n
This morning, we heard from the German Chancellor and from mayor of Berlin, from the right, going in the same direction: \u201cNo public contract without collective agreement.\u201d Let\u2019s push forward so that the European Commission gets this message, too.<\/p>\n
Colleagues, we want the 80% collective bargaining becoming a reality \u2013 not a promise, not a placebo.<\/p>\n
Colleagues, most of you will know the fairytale of the frog prince. It has two endings. The Disney ending \u2013 the princess kisses the frog and the prince emerges. We tried that for years with the EU \u2013 and no prince.<\/p>\n
If workers don\u2019t see substantive change in the EU\u2019s policy to bring about a fair deal, then we must consider the second, original ending: The princess throws the frog against the wall and then, there was the prince.<\/p>\n
Fighting for trade union rights is good. Fighting with trade union power is better \u2013 it makes the difference.<\/p>\n
We don\u2019t\u00a0 just want a voice, we want a say.<\/p>\n
Forward through collective bargaining.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oliver Roethig, Regional Secretary of UNI Europa, addressed the congress of the European Trade Union Confederation on its opening day. We don\u2019t just want a voice. We want a say. Oliver Roethig, Regional Secretary of UNI Europa, addressed the congress of the European Trade Union Confederation on its opening day. Posted by UNI Europa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[1,58,80],"topics":[130,81],"sectors":[],"projects":[],"cross-sector-groups":[],"workers-rights":[],"global-issues":[],"regions":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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