Capitalism as a system knows no lower limit to the remuneration of human labour. At the same time, the capitalist system keeps trying to infinitely extend working hours of people in dependent employment.
Industrial relationships are becoming more and more precarious in almost all European countries.
Especially affected by social and wage dumping are women and immigrant workers.
This is why we, the network of left trade unionist in and close to the European Left Party, consider it absolutely necessary, as a first step, to accomplish a number of minimum social standards.
We call on the Left Group in the European Parliament and the European Left Party to support these demands. We, on our part, will work in our parties and trade unions to assert   the implementation of these positions.
Minimum wages
We stand for the introduction of legally fixed minimum wages or the general applications of salary schemes in collective agreements in all European countries. Such legally binding minimum wages, in accordance with the EU Social Charter, must amount to at least sixty per cent of a given country’s average income for immigrant workers and “guest” workers as well.
We struggle for a minimum wages that must be significant above the poverty level of each respective country in the EU.
Minimum wages guarantee a respectable life for all workers, they include a strong content of social policies that safe guard the right of high quality standards and public education, public medical care and other social services.
Working hours
Maximum weekly working hours permitted by law, on an average, must not exceed 40 hours. All EU rules and national regulations on working hours must be changed accordingly. We struggle at least for a 35 hour week on a European wide level as ETUC has it in its program and respective national unions.
Retirement
In general, we stand for a statutory retirement age of 60 years. National legislation permitting an earlier retirement age has to be defended.
We are strictly opposed to regulations of any kind whatsoever providing for the extension of working life. We struggle for appropriate public security pensions for all that has to be above the poverty level of each European country respectively.
Industrial representation of interests of persons in dependent employment
Capital is operating Europe-wide. For company strategies there are no national boundaries. For this reason the industrial representation of interests of persons in dependent employment has to be advanced at European level. European industrial committees are an adequate means to this effect.

Freedom of strike
The trade unions’ unimpaired freedom of strike including political strike and the free development of independent trade unions have to be guaranteed in all countries of Europe. Our network is involved in all spheres of trade union activity that fights for the rights of Pan-European strikes on a European wide field and fronts that negatively affects on a common basis all workers, unemployed, youth, women and immigrants in Europe.
Future for the Youth
Future fort he youth. All young people living in Europe need the right to get a job, able to ensure good living conditions and appropriate participation in the social und cultural live. To realize that aim, young people need the ability to get free and high quality study or  a aprentership. Young people don`t need low level trainings. For the young generations precariousness concerning all aspects of live and existence.
Health and safety

We support the decisions of the EL-Congress in Prague.
We have to describe or network plans and proposals for the EL European Campaign (European caravan) against precarity, job insecurity and Flexicurity.  We also have to recommend seminars for the next European Social Forum in Sweden.
Vienna, Feb. 2. 2007