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Eu Posted Workers Directive

EDM number 652 in 2008-09, proposed by John Mann on 02/02/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Employment and EU law and treaties.

That this House deplores the use of temporarily resident overseas workers living in substandard accommodation by Total and IREM at Killingholme, RWE at Staythorpe and the lack of clarity of UK law on social dumping; congratulates Unite, GMB and other unions on exposing this exploitation and the absence of equal opportunities to apply for all jobs; welcomes the principle of the Posted Workers Directive that all European workers should receive local terms and conditions giving the right of all British workers to compete on a level playing field for all such jobs; notes with concern the potential for lower standards of health and safety with the use of temporarily resident contractors; further notes the huge capital programmes being brought forward and the forthcoming new power station build, including nuclear new build; calls for these to be built by companies employing primarily British labour on decent pay and conditions; further calls for an isolating of these companies continuing to exploit social dumping; welcomes the Government's intervention through the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS); and calls on ACAS to investigate the contract at Staythorpe and to examine in detail the accommodation and travel charges levied on the temporarily resident contract workers and whether acceptance of this accommodation and travel is conditional on working on site.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Mann02/02/2009BassetlawLabourProposed
Andrew Dismore03/02/2009HendonLabourSeconded
Bob Spink03/02/2009Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Ann Cryer03/02/2009KeighleyLabourSeconded
David Taylor03/02/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins03/02/2009Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Harry Cohen03/02/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice04/02/2009PendleLabourSigned
Lynne Jones04/02/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ian McCartney04/02/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Alan Meale04/02/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
David Drew04/02/2009StroudLabourSigned
Rudi Vis04/02/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn05/02/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Dai Davies05/02/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
David Anderson05/02/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
John Hemming05/02/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington09/02/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jim Devine10/02/2009LivingstonLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd11/02/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
David Hamilton11/02/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins24/02/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh27/02/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
George Howarth01/04/2009Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd08/05/2009Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara18/05/2009Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn

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