Today, around 1,000 cleaners, security guards and food service workers from nine countries across Europe came together in Brussels to demand social justice. The Socialists and Democrats stand with them and UNI Europa, the European Services Workers Union, in demanding better EU public procurement legislation to ensure that public contracts with private firms for the delivery of goods and services are signed only if they provide good working conditions.
NOTE: As UNI Europa points out, public procurement amounts to two trillion euros or 14% of the EU’s GDP. Half of all public tenders across the EU are awarded solely based on the lowest price, ignoring workers’ rights.
More information about the protests here
