Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-03-Speech-1-106"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-09-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European works council2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010903.7.1-106"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-03-Speech-1-1072
lpv:speaker	lp:Jill Evans2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I am pleased to support this report. I have spoken several times in this House about the recent loss of 3000 jobs in Wales when the steel company Corus announced massive redundancies. When the Employment and Social Affairs Committee held the hearing in April this year and workers' representative from Corus European works council told us that in many ways it was a model works council. It met twice a year, it provided excellent training and it enabled experts to attend meetings. Yet it failed to tell the workers that they were about to get rid of 6000 jobs even when there was massive public speculation about these job losses. This report states that the main goal of the directive is to remove obstacles to information, consultation and communication with the workforce to enable dialogue to take place. This is vitally important. It must be more than paying lip service to consultation. There must be a definition of consultation to ensure it is meaningful and comprehensive and carried out in good time, as others have said. In other words this must happen before decisions are made and not after and there must be sanctions against those who do not comply. I agree with Mr Menrad that we need a revision of the directive to prevent repeats of the Corus experience and to look at other issues he identifies such as the involvement of women. I hope that this debate will help achieve that."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Plaid Cymru - Parti of Wales (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Evans, Jillian (Verts/ALE )."1

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