Petition More Democracy at Work Is a Must!
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Petition More Democracy at Work is a must! European workers are now facing the massive social and economic consequences brought by the pandemic. An inclusive recovery and just transitions can only be achieved together in democratic manner, including the guarantee that all workers have a say and are effectively involved in the day-to-day life of their workplace. Democracy at work is essential for socially responsible restructuring processes delivering a solution for each and every worker. The financial crisis and the pandemic have shown: companies with workers’ participation take more long-term and sustainable decisions with social and economic benefits. Likewise, public administrations and services benefit from worker involvement in terms of access to quality and accountability of service provision. And yet, too often managements do not comply with their legal obligations to inform and consult workers’ representatives on time about plans that impact jobs, income and working conditions. In parallel, public authorities do not ensure that democracy at work is fully enforced, neither within their own administrations, and do not impose effective and dissuasive sanctions. At one of the most critical times for the EU , companies, politicians, and legislators need to take their responsibility. We call on the European and national institutions to act now to ensure that workers’ rights are respected in restructuring processes across all workplaces! The European institutions and national governments must deliver concrete and rapid actions to guarantee the effective enforcement of workers’ rights to be informed, consulted and to participate in companies and public administrations‘ decision-making before any envisaged decision that may impact jobs, income and working conditions is adopted. We call on the European Commission to bring this matter to the attention of the European governments, to start infringement proceedings where necessary, and to publish a Communication restating the obligation across all workplaces to comply with workers’ rights to information and consultation. We call on European governments to put forward the necessary actions to ensure that workers’ information and consultation rights at work are respected both at national and transnational level, to guarantee access to timely and effective remedy to workers and their representatives as well dissuasive sanctions in case of violation of workers’ information and consultation rights. We call on the European institutions to start strengthening the flawed and limited European legal framework on democracy at work and restructuring. We call for a revision of the EWC Directive and for a new horizontal framework on information, consultation and board-level participation of workers for European company forms and for companies making use of company mobility instruments. The EU social partners’ agreement on information and consultation rights on restructuring for workers and civil servants in central government administrations must be implemented by a Directive. Workers’ representatives at any workplace across Europe must have, before any decision is taken: • timely access to meaningful and up-to-date information about the impact of the COVID-crisis on the company’s strategy and economic performance, on jobs and working conditions; • enough time and resources to run an in-depth assessment of the information provided with the support of experts to work on alternatives to negative measures, such as redundancies or closures. • the genuine opportunity to discuss those alternatives with relevant decision-makers who must provide a motivated response to the proposed alternatives; There is no time to waste and we need urgent actions: the COVID-19 related massive restructuring plans are already taking place. The fundamental right of Democracy at work has to be enforced now more than ever. First name Surname Country Capacity 1 Ulisses Abade Brazil Vice Presidente Sindicato 2 Sandrine Abayou France salariée 3 Hayani Abdel Belgium trade union 4 Ariadna Abeltina Latvia Trade Union Officer General Secretary FSC 5 Roberto Abenia España CCOO Aragón 6 Pascal Abenza France Délégué Syndical Groupe Fortune Membre du comité 7 Aurelien Abiona France d'entreprise 8 Thierry Accart France member of trade union 9 Jacques Adam Luxembourg membre du syndicat 10 Lenka Adamcikova Slowakei Member of works 11 Ole Einar Adamsrød Norway Trade Union 12 Paula Adao Luxembourg Déléguée 13 Nicolae Adrian România Union member 14 Costache Adrian Alin Romania Trade union 15 Pana Adriana Laura România Member of works council 16 Annick Aerts Belgium trade union 17 Bert Aerts Belgium member of works council 18 Sascha Aerts België 200 Membre Titulaire du CSE, 19 Roméo Afonso France Délégué Cantonal MSA élu CFTC au Comité Social et économique d’une 20 Franck Agbenou France entreprise privée Secrétaire Générale UL 21 Odile Agrafeil France CGT 22 Oscar Aguado España Miembro comité empresa 2/132 First name Surname Country Capacity 23 Fátima Aguado Queipo Spain Trade union 24 Darío Aguiar Hernández España Trabajador 25 Agustin Aguila Mellado España Miembro del Sindicato SECRETARIO UGT ADIF 26 Hernandez Aguilar Oswald BARCELONA 27 Antonio Angel Aguilar Fernández España Trade Union 28 Jaan Aiaots Estonia Trade union FB-Vorstand Gesundheit 29 Margarete Aichele Deutschland Bezirk Stuttgart SYNDICAT SYNPTAC-CGT 30 Nora Aineche France PARIS FRANCE 31 Raul Aira España miembro comité empresa 32 Alessandra Airaldi Italy TRADE union 33 Juan Miguel Aisa Spain Member of works council Membre élu du comité européen Driver Services 34 Sylvestre Aissi France Norauto 35 Civan Akagunduz France Délégué syndical 36 Sara Akervall Sweden EWC 37 Michiel Al Netherlands trade union official 38 Nickels Alain Luxemburg Trade Union Secrétaire Général Union départementale CFTC des 39 Alain Alaterre France Côtes d'Armor 40 Mauro Albanese France SYNDICAT 41 Michela Albarello Spain member of a trade union 42 Andrea Albertazzi Italy Policy Officer 43 Annie Alberti France Élue du CSEC Alexandre 44 Luis Joaquim Rodrigues Portugal Membro do EWC da CCEP 3/132 First name Surname Country Capacity 45 Radu Alexandru Romania Trade union 46 Ghinea Alexandru Iulian Romania Trade union 47 Sarbu Alin Romania Membru of works council 48 Enescu Alina Bucuresti 34 49 Giovanni Alioti Italy Union activist 50 Fabienne Allard France DSE 51 Sylvie Alliau France ELUE CSE , DS, RS 52 Charlotte Almau Belgium member of works council 53 Josep Lluís Almerge Justes España Delegado Sindical 54 Christian Aloisio France Négociateur de branche 55 María José Alonso España ENLLAÇ SINDICAL 56 Rosario María Alonso Rodríguez España Delegada sindical 57 Youcef Alouache France Syndicat 58 Tiziana Altea Italia Sindacato SECRETARIA DE SALUD, SERVICIOS SOCIOSANITARIOS Y DEPENDENCIA DE LA COMISIÓN EJECUTIVA 59 Gracia Alvarez España FEDERAL DEL SINDICATO SECRETARIO GENERAL DE 60 Pepe Alvárez España UGT ESPAÑA 61 Gumersindo Álvarez España Miembro Comité Empresa 62 José Luis Álvarez Rivas Spain member of works council 63 Svetlana Alyamsova Estonia AÜ liikmet 64 Marco Amadori Italia lavoratore 65 Rivas Amanda España SYNDICALITS 4/132 First name Surname Country Capacity 66 Andoh Amani France MEMBRE DU SYNDICAT 67 Saverio Amato Germany Member of works council 68 Fabienne Ambrosi France Membre syndicat 69 Zahra Amda France CSE/ SYNDICAT Président syndicat CFTC 70 Bruno Amiel France transport de Midi Pyrénées 71 Alvaro Amores España Empleado 72 Eric Amoros France RSS 73 Constantin Ana Maria Trade Union Trade union 74 Gheorghe Ana Ramona România Trade Union 75 Anton Andel Slovakia Trade union acv.cscbie EWC Antalis 76 Spinoy Andre België belgium 77 Draghici Andreea Romania Trade union 78 Stefan Andreea România Trade union 79 Merce Andres Daina Spain Sindicato 80 Zivile Andrukoniene Lithuania Trade Union 81 Sébastien Anfray France Membre Syndicat 82 Marinela Angelescu Romania Trade union Rappresentante dei Lavoratori per la Sicurezza 83 Danilo Angelucci Italia Territoriale 84 Jurgita Anglicke Mazeikiai Laborante 85 Eduardo Aniceto Luxemburg Work coucncil 86 Maria Anton Romania Membru în Sindicat Antoñanzas 87 Cristina Peñalva España Vicesecretaria General 5/132 First name Surname Country Capacity 88 Mazzei Antonio Italia Member of works council 89 Sven Antonis Belgium ACV Transcom 90 Josef Antoniv Czech Republic Trade unions 91 Emil Antonov Bulgaria member of Trade Union 92 Djamal Aouadi France Délégué du perdonnel 93 Kalina Arabadjieva Germany Employee 94 Jorge Aragon España SINDICATO MIEMBRO DE LA JUNTA DE PERSONAL DEL MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN; ASESOR 95 Jose Luis Aramburu Godinez España SINDICAL 96 Stefano Araujo Luxembourg Trade union 97 Vincent Ardiet France Union representative 98 Ricard Argelich Cañadó Spain member of works council 99 José Luis Arias Ramón España Sindicalista de CCOO 100 Maria Luisa Ariu Italy member of Trade Union 101 Rosana Arrimada España Miembro comité empresa MIEMBRO DEL CMSE Groupe Arnault SE, Christian Dior SE y LVMH 102 Miguel Angel Arroyo Aylagas España SE miembro comité de 103 Juan Pedro Arroyo Hernando España empresa 104 Marian Artimon România Trade union 105 Suzana Artukovic Vuksan Croatia Trade Union TRADE UNION FEDERATION WITH 5000 106 Asen Asenov Bulgaria MEMBERS 107 Brahim Assal France Délégué principal 6/132 First name Surname Country Capacity 108 Kakou Asseye France CSE 109 Christopher Attard Malta Member of trade union 110 Norman Attard Malta Trade Union 111 Celeste Attias Ayarzaguena España Representante sindical 112 Véronique Aubrion France Elue CSE 113 Patrick Audegond