The EU is attempting to re-introduce the rejected EU constitution by calling it the Reform Treaty or the Lisbon Treaty. The renamed constitution will still turn the EU into a state in its own right, curtail democracy across the EU and undermine trade union rights for millions of people.
Gordon Brown has refused to honour a 2005 election pledge and hold a referendum on the constitution. You can help to demand a referendum by asking your MP to sign early day motion 597 put down by Kelvin Hopkins MP.
The EDM expresses its concern about the European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgment against the right to take strike action.
This judgment provides further evidence that the European Union is increasingly promoting a neo-liberal economic agenda which will further restrict and weaken trade union and worker rights and therefore calls for a referendum on the Treaty as a matter of urgency.
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ECJ makes another ruling against trade union collective bargaining agreements
The European Court of Justice has struck down a law in the German state of Lower Saxony, which states that public contracts can only be awarded to companies which pay their employees the minimum wage as agreed in a regional collective agreement.
The law also encompasses sub-contractors. The case was brought before the ECJ because a Polish company had paid according to their national minimum wage, which amounted to 46.5% of the wage prescribed by Lower Saxony. The ECJ ruled that the law imposed restrictions on free movement.
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) called the ruling "another destructive judgement" and, bizarrely, called on the EU to confirm that it "is not just an economic project."
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