Representatives of the LCGB Transport trade union met with the Minister of Labor and Employment, Nicolas Schmit and the Director of the Mines and Forestry Inspectorate Labor (ITM), Marco BOLY, on Monday to find remedies for what the union describes as international banditry resulting in the social dumping of employees in the transport sector.
LCGB says that it has conveyed the fears of the 120 employees of Belgian transport company Jost S.A. to the level of safeguarding their lives, especially since no social dialogue is currently taking place between the various delegations and the management of the group. Luxembourg’s labour minister expressed his support for the LCGB's efforts, while stressing that the ITM had already intervened in the case.
The union says that Minister SCHMIT, however, raised a much more important problem, namely criminal acts, that see international banditry linked to social dumping across many European countries, including Luxembourg.
LCGH say that they and the labour minister agree on the need for stricter EU legislation at the level of secondment and more assiduous and transparent cross-border cooperation to enable more effective controls of the GTI.
Following the LCGB's criticism of a lack of ITM controls in the transport sector, Marco BOLY has reported more than 1,300 employee complaints since 2016, resulting in 153 inquiries within the various transport companies. Minister Schmit stressed that these controls are still insufficient to prevent fraudulent and illicit practices of social dumping and will encourage a substantial increase in controls.
