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"Mr President, I do not speak for my Group on this matter, but I want to congratulate Mrs Ghilardotti for her hard work in making this directive a reality. We hope this directive will develop into a new partnership between workers and management and strengthen dialogue. That, in turn, will improve flexibility and productivity.
We have a directive which is essentially a two-way street. It must make sense for workers in retail, service and manufacturing industries not to learn about their future through the media, but to work within a positive consultation mechanism making them aware of what will happen to them and their families.
The question is whether existing laws work well. There is plenty of evidence that they do not. Workers in my own country at Rover/BMW, Marks [amp] Spencers, in Longbridge, at Corus and Vauxhall – the list is endless – would all benefit from this directive.
The directive is essentially about the future of work, not the past. When closure is inevitable for companies with more than 50 workers, we want to see information and consultation, so that workers are informed, leading to a better level of trust within companies. We need realistic thresholds to allow the directive to work well. In discussions with trade unions and business, it is clear that companies need to be made aware of their responsibilities. The responsibilities work both ways.
Colleagues, information and consultation has been a very difficult directive. There have been a number of compromise amendments. We are very happy with the way in which those discussions have progressed. It is clear that some Member States will continue to have problems with certain aspects of this directive. We must work together to ensure that in conciliation we reach the stage where information and consultation are embraced by both sides of business and industry."@en1
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