John Monks makes the case for the EU from the point of view of the union movement.
In response, the ETUC
is set to launch its own campaign for a strong European social
dimension that individual citizens can actually relate to.
The
EU supports a model of social partnership – cooperation between
employers and workers – that must be the way forward for modern
economies. Legislation on workers’ information and consultation, and
the setting up of European works councils in cross-border firms, offer
the main chance for employees to have a say in multinational company
policies – crucial when it comes to restructuring. But the rules need
to be stronger.
…
In the run-up to the
failed constitutional referendums in France and the Netherlands earlier
this year, some British trade unionists were claiming that the European
constitution comprised "an aggressive attack on working people", and
that the European commission is an "overwhelmingly rightwing body"
committed to "Thatcherism and militarisation".
That is not true, and
there is a danger of British trade unions working in their own worst
interests if they once again paint the EU as the tool of unbridled
capitalism.
OK, convinced me. The EU is not the tool of unbridled capitalism. So let’s leave.
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