ETUC welcomes new Chinese Labour Contract Law
03/07/2007
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has welcomed the New Labour Contract Law adopted by the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress last week.
ETUC General Secretary John Monks said “The law is a significant step forwards in protecting the rights of individual workers. It now needs to be scrupulously enforced in all areas of activity in China. I am glad to see – as is also now recognised by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China – that the new law draws from labour provisions in the EU and is not considered to be a break on competitiveness. This demonstrates that the European Social Model is appreciated worldwide and gives the lie to those who would have European workers give up their hard-won rights in the name of global competition”.
