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". – Mr President, I should like to congratulate Mr Menrad and Mr Mayer on their reports. I would also like to back up what Mr Mayer said about the legal base. He is quite right. We have had people playing fast and loose on the whole question of the legal base. We started off with Article 95 as legal base and we have moved on to Article 308 because it suited certain people. That is wrong and Parliament is right to say that at some future date we should be challenging this in court.
Concerning the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market on Mr Menrad's report on the information and consultation of workers, I take the two examples of Corus and BMW Rover. The first thing workers knew about the situation they were facing was when they were driving into work and they heard it on the radio. In this day and age that is totally intolerable. Workers should be informed at the very start about the situation pertaining to their jobs because they are part and parcel of that company.
I should know. I remember many years ago I turned up at my place of work to find that the gates of the factory were locked and all of us were standing outside. We were told by someone who was sent out that we had all been made redundant. I remember that quite clearly because the people who owned the factory still lived in big houses, still drove big cars and still went on holidays. I was a worker in the factory and nine months later I had not received any redundancy money: all I got was my back pay.
That is the sort of situation workers should not be faced with ever again. That is why I congratulate Mr Menrad on taking this small step on the information and meaningful consultation of workers because it is a step in the right direction. It is not perfect. It will come back and we will improve it. However, it is a step in the right direction and I support it."@en1
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