by John Stevenson
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Jane Carolan
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UNISON's Jane Carolan slammed EU proposals for
the ‘flexisecurity' threat to workers' rights as
she ‘supported critically' a statement on Europe
from the STUC General Council.
While the statement said the EU Reform Treaty was
a ‘Trojan Horse for unfettered privatisation', Jane
was concerned that criticism of the ‘flexisecurity'
concept was not explicit enough.
The term ‘flexisecurity' had been introduced by
the EU Commission to "suggest that if a worker
accepts flexibility, job security at work will follow.
There are pigs flying over the River Ness at the
moment!" quipped Jane.
"Flexisecurity is a fundamental attack on
workers' rights designed to remove collective bargaining
rights and casualise the job market", said
Jane.
"We are sleepwalking into a Europe of monetarism,
dominated by business interests, privatisation and
exploitation. The European response to globalisation
is to drive down wages and the social wage - a race
to the bottom", warned Jane.
The STUC agreed to continue to highlight the dangers
of the EU Treaty and campaign for the UK to play
a full part in defending ‘Social Europe' and supporting
existing legal protection for workers.
Scotland's
public service union
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