Ahead of the European Parliament vote next week, European trade unions, the ETUC, the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW), industriAll Europe, the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), and the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT), have signed a joint statement condemning the European Commission’s Omnibus proposal, that constitutes a direct assault on corporate accountability, workers’ and trade union rights, and environmental protections.
We urge members of the European Parliament to reject this disastrous package. The Omnibus proposal would axe many of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive’s key provisions and seriously reduces the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.
The European Parliament must ensure that the core objectives of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, as well as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the protections provided therein, are safeguarded from this deregulation agenda.
IndustriAll Europe’s General Secretary Judith Kirton-Darling says: “The European Commission has not listened to the concerns raised by trade unions and workers. The proposal is announced as a simplification, but instead it deregulates and reduces workers’ rights and protection. The European Commission has a duty to make laws in the general interest, but it is currently acting in violation of its own Better Regulation rules to rewrite legislation, solely in the interests of corporations. The Commission should not put the lives of workers at risk.”
Read the full statement here