{"id":6103,"date":"2018-11-28T12:22:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T11:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/?p=6103"},"modified":"2023-12-28T12:31:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T11:31:05","slug":"social-policy-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/social-policy-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Social policy initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_432d3f53\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"text-align: center;\">EPSU demands progress with EU social policy initiatives<\/strong><br style=\"text-align: center;\" \/><strong style=\"text-align: center;\">and more from the Presidency<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epsu.org\">EPSU<\/a> EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE<br \/>\n6-7 NOVEMBER 2018<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Statement to the Austrian Presidency of the European Union<br \/>\nAdopted at EPSU Executive Committee 6-7 November 2018, Brussels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Austrian Presidency risks failing working people in Austria and across the rest of the European Union. In October, it cancelled a meeting of the Employment and Social Affairs Council thus preventing the adoption of a common position of the Member States on such important EU initiatives as the Transparency and Predictable Working Conditions Directive and the proposed European Labour Authority. This was an attempt to push back the agenda by several months. It will leave less time for the Romanian Presidency, Parliament and Commission to negotiate a workable comprise just before the European elections. The Austrian government is responding to pressure of employers such as BusinessEurope who are campaigning against these social policy initiatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We would also like to see more progress by the Austrian Presidency in other areas, such as the recast of the Drinking Water Directive. The European Citizens\u2019 Initiative Right2Water, the European Commission and the European Parliament have all made proposals on how to recognise the Human Right to Water in this Directive. The Austrian Presidency is not doing enough to ensure a common position of the Council, thus effectively hindering the start of negotiations to find compromises. This is a let down for the nearly 2 million citizens who supported the Right2Water \u2013 the first ever successful ECI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We are very disappointed that the Austrian government pulled out of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. This was agreed by all UN member states in 2016 and is due to be signed in Marrakesh in December. The European Union has supported it. We note that the Global Compact \u201creaffirms the sovereign right of states to determine their national migration policy and their prerogative to govern migration within their jurisdiction, in conformity with international law.\u201d It creates a framework and set of guiding principles based on a human rights approach to respond to migration. This is being undermined by the fact that Austria is refusing to sign the Global Compact at the very time it holds the EU presidency. We urge the Austrian government to revisit its position and support the common EU approach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These are all important subjects for millions of European public service workers. Europe\u2019s working women and men are expecting progress from the Austrian Presidency.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"\">The only trade union &#8211; European civil service &#8211; affiliated to EPSU<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium with_line width_50 thick_3 style_solid color_primary align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPSU demands progress with EU social policy initiatives and more from the Austrian Presidency. 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