Thursday, June 14, 2007
[IWS] ETUI: MANIFESTO for a SOCIAL CONSTITUTION : EIGHT OPTIONS for the EUROPEAN UNION [7 June 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS)
Manifesto for a social constitution: Eight options for the European Union [7 June 2007]
publisher
Brussels, ETUI-REHS, 2007
http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/activities/employment_and_social_policies/books/manifesto_for_a_social_constitution
or
http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/media/files/manifesto_for_a_social_constitution/manifesto_full_text_en
[full-text, 133 pages]
From Press Release
A majority of European Union (EU) Member States have ratified a EU Constitutional Treaty which contains an important social dimension that no previous treaty has ever had - not least the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. A retreat from this would undermine already established consent. Furthermore the promotion and further development of a social dimension to "Europe" is essential if the European project is to obtain the long-term support of the European population. Preserving and enhancing the social dimension of the Constitutional Treaty is of the utmost importance in order to counter rising popular discontent.
This is the thrust of the publication entitled a "Manifesto for a Social Constitution: eight options for the European Union" that has just been published by the European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS).
The publication, produced by the ETUI-REHS Research Group on Transnational Trade Union Rights, which brings together labour law academics from eight EU Member states, provides an analysis of different options available to develop a constitutional framework for the EU that would enable the achievement of a European Social Constitution.
"There can be no excuse for failure to progress, by all, most, or many EU Member States towards a European Social Constitution. The paths are clearly signposted. If there is a will, there are now eight ways", the report concludes.
Background :
EU Heads of State and government are due to meet in Brussels on 21-22 June to discuss how to make progress on establishing the Constitutional Treaty which has been ratified by a majority of EU member states but which has also been rejected in two referenda (in France and the Netherlands). The Constitutional Treaty proposed for ratification in 2004 included crucial elements recognising the social dimension of the European Union and, in particular, fundamental social rights contained in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights that was unanimously proclaimed at Nice in December 2000. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), at its recent Congress in Seville, underlined the importance of ensuring an "unambiguous legally binding status" for the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights if any new, or abridged, treaty for the European Union were to be considered. This would, amongst other things, underpin key rights such as the right to organise collectively, the right of association and the right to collective action.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS)
Manifesto for a social constitution: Eight options for the European Union [7 June 2007]
publisher
Brussels, ETUI-REHS, 2007
http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/activities/employment_and_social_policies/books/manifesto_for_a_social_constitution
or
http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/media/files/manifesto_for_a_social_constitution/manifesto_full_text_en
[full-text, 133 pages]
From Press Release
A majority of European Union (EU) Member States have ratified a EU Constitutional Treaty which contains an important social dimension that no previous treaty has ever had - not least the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. A retreat from this would undermine already established consent. Furthermore the promotion and further development of a social dimension to "Europe" is essential if the European project is to obtain the long-term support of the European population. Preserving and enhancing the social dimension of the Constitutional Treaty is of the utmost importance in order to counter rising popular discontent.
This is the thrust of the publication entitled a "Manifesto for a Social Constitution: eight options for the European Union" that has just been published by the European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS).
The publication, produced by the ETUI-REHS Research Group on Transnational Trade Union Rights, which brings together labour law academics from eight EU Member states, provides an analysis of different options available to develop a constitutional framework for the EU that would enable the achievement of a European Social Constitution.
"There can be no excuse for failure to progress, by all, most, or many EU Member States towards a European Social Constitution. The paths are clearly signposted. If there is a will, there are now eight ways", the report concludes.
Background :
EU Heads of State and government are due to meet in Brussels on 21-22 June to discuss how to make progress on establishing the Constitutional Treaty which has been ratified by a majority of EU member states but which has also been rejected in two referenda (in France and the Netherlands). The Constitutional Treaty proposed for ratification in 2004 included crucial elements recognising the social dimension of the European Union and, in particular, fundamental social rights contained in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights that was unanimously proclaimed at Nice in December 2000. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), at its recent Congress in Seville, underlined the importance of ensuring an "unambiguous legally binding status" for the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights if any new, or abridged, treaty for the European Union were to be considered. This would, amongst other things, underpin key rights such as the right to organise collectively, the right of association and the right to collective action.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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