ETUC FINDS SANCTIONS DIRECTIVE "DANGEROUS".

• Position: European Trade Union Confederation - Brief article

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is critical of the support given by the European Parliament, on 4 February, to the directive establishing sanctions for employers of illegal immigrants. Its objections do not concern the general principle, which the ETUC welcomes, but rather the difficulties of enforcement. The trade union movement states in a press release that the text adopted fails to extend to the entire subcontracting chain the obligation for the employer to pay sanctions. The ETUC argues...