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Zminijietna - Voice of the Left
Press Release 16/04/08

“ANOTHER CASE OF SOCIAL DUMPING IN THE EU” Zminijietna

Zminijietna - Voice of the Left expressed its concern with the Ruffert case in Germany, whereby the European Court of Justice has once again decided that social dumping in the form of low wages, in direct rejection of member states� collective agreements, is permissible in the EU.

Zminijienta said

“The Ruffert case in Germany follows the Laval-Vaxholm case in Sweden and the Viking Line case in Finland. This time around, a Polish subcontractor of a German company is being given permission to pay its workers less than 50% of the minimum wage provided for by the applicable collective agreement in Germany. The European Court of Justice in quoting Article 49 of the EU Treaty in force, which prohibits any restriction to freedom to provide services”.

“The Ruffert case shows that through its new Treaty, the EU is moving away from a social-model. Employers can shift workers from one country to another and pay them wages lower then those established by law in the countries they are shifted to. Workers end up with low wages in the name of neo-liberalism”.

Zminijietna - Voice of the Left once again reaffirms that, save for Ireland, where a referendum shall take place, the EU Treaty is being imposed on the peoples of Europe in an anti-democratic way. Malta is a case in point. Zminijietna joins the Leftist and Progressive forces of the EU such as the United Left / Nordic Green Left bloc and the Confederation of European Trade Unions in their call against a low-cost Europe and in favour of a social Europe. Another Europe is possible”.

Michael Briguglio
Public Relations Officer

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