
Breaking the chains: subcontracting in the EU
Johan Danielsson, Marc Angel, Gabriele Bischoff, Eero Heinäluoma, Marit Maij, Evelyn Regner, Kathleen Van Brempt and Marianne Vind
Legislation is needed to limit the length of subcontracting chains.
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Johan Danielsson is a member of the European Parliament and a former deputy minister of employment from Sweden, having also worked as EU co-ordinator at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, LO.

Johan Danielsson, Marc Angel, Gabriele Bischoff, Eero Heinäluoma, Marit Maij, Evelyn Regner, Kathleen Van Brempt and Marianne Vind
Legislation is needed to limit the length of subcontracting chains.

Adding a ‘social partners option’ to the minimum-wage directive could unblock negotiations while protecting well-functioning collective bargaining systems.

Eva Nordmark, Peter Hummelgaard, Johan Danielsson, Marianne Vind, Manuel Pizarro and Esther Lynch
There are no acceptable levels of workplace fatalities—a focus on prevention is needed.