LOBBY OF PARLIAMENT BY ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

Early day motion 255, tabled 10 December 2003 by Lord Mann (Labour). Signed by 92 members.

That this House notes the recent lobby of Parliament by members of the T&G, Amicus, and GMB unions to raise their concerns over the UK's position on the Posted Workers Directive (96/71/EC); recognises that the importation of cheap non-UK labour is undermining the skills, safety training and job security of the UK engineering construction workforce; and calls upon the Government to pass legislation to ensure that all workers on engineering construction projects are offered terms and conditions within the national agreement for the engineering construction industry in order to prevent the exploitation of both domestic and migrant workers.

Signatures by party: Labour 84, Labour/Co-operative 4, Liberal Democrat 4.