{"id":6122,"date":"2022-03-04T09:44:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T09:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/opinion-changing-the-rules-of-public-procurement-can-deliver-for-essential-workers\/"},"modified":"2022-03-15T10:13:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T10:13:13","slug":"opinion-changing-the-rules-of-public-procurement-can-deliver-for-essential-workers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/opinion-changing-the-rules-of-public-procurement-can-deliver-for-essential-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: changing the rules of public procurement can deliver for essential workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-contents=\"true\">\r\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"4grep\" data-offset-key=\"5o76m-0-0\">\r\n<h2 class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\" data-offset-key=\"5o76m-0-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equaltimes.org\/procuring-decent-work-changing-the\"><span data-offset-key=\"5o76m-0-0\">\u27a1\ufe0f <\/span>Read the opinion piece here <span data-offset-key=\"5o76m-1-0\">\u2b05\ufe0f<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Five Members of the European Parliament from different political groups have co-authored an opinion piece backing UNI Europa\u2019s Procuring Decent Work campaign. They make the case for a change to EU public procurement rules and call for public contracts to only go to companies that have collective bargaining agreements with their workers.<\/p>\r\n<p>They are: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/meps\/en\/188945\/DENNIS_RADTKE\/home\">Dennis Radtke<\/a> (EPP), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/meps\/en\/125021\/AGNES_JONGERIUS\/home\">Agnes Jongerius<\/a> (S&amp;D), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/meps\/en\/197447\/IRENA_JOVEVA\/home\">Irena Joveva<\/a> (Renew), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/meps\/en\/197870\/KIM_VAN%20SPARRENTAK\/home\">Kim van Sparrentak<\/a> (Greens\/EFA) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/meps\/en\/197571\/NIKOLAJ_VILLUMSEN\/home\">Nikolaj Villumsen<\/a> (GUE\/NGL).<\/p>\r\n<p>Their opinion piece is available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equaltimes.org\/procuring-decent-work-changing-the\">English<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equaltimes.org\/pas-de-contrats-publics-sans\">French<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equaltimes.org\/objetivo-procurar-trabajo-decente\">Spanish<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OPINION | By a cross-party alliance of Members of the European Parliament<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n??Procuring decent work: changing the rules of public procurement can deliver lasting improvements for essential workers <br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n\u27a1\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m836xn8BW2\">https:\/\/t.co\/m836xn8BW2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DecentWork?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DecentWork<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CollectiveBargaining?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CollectiveBargaining<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I3AT8o8iCL\">pic.twitter.com\/I3AT8o8iCL<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\u2014 Equal Times (@equaltimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/equaltimes\/status\/1499322622055792641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Read the opinion piece here \u2b05\ufe0f &nbsp; Five Members of the European Parliament from different political groups have co-authored an opinion piece backing UNI Europa\u2019s Procuring Decent Work campaign. 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