SIPTU: Exploitation of workers in subcontracting roles must stop

Irish trade unions among 700 protestors outside the European Parliament seeking to protect subcontracting workers' rights

Willie O'Shaughnessy, SIPTU NEC member, John Murphy, SIPTU transport sector organiser, and John Regan, SIPTU construction sector organiser, at the protest against exploitation in subcontracting chains outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.

MEPs in Strasbourg, France, have committed to work towards regulatory changes to reduce the multiple layers leading to worker exploitation in construction, transport and other subcontracting industries.

Activists from Irish union SIPTU were prominent among the more than 700 workers and trade union representatives who rallied in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, earlier this week.