The EU Parliament wants to allow bomb manufacturers and ammunition companies to bypass maximum work hours in case of a security crisis. Belgian representative Marc Botenga is not having it. He says the EU Parliament is betraying workers.
The EU Parliament wants to allow bomb manufacturers and ammunition companies to bypass maximum work hours in case of a security crisis. Belgian representative Marc Botenga is not having it. He says the EU Parliament is betraying workers.
The thing about war is that you can’t just say no to it.
But we can say no to feeding a small part of our neighbours into the factory machine (which destroys bodies) while others are unemployed and yet others sip on cocktails at their second cottages. If war chooses us and we need more labour, everyone goes to the factory floor, and only after that we increase the burden further, if we can’t keep up.
The MEP in question basically just loves Russia, from the sound of it, and is trying to make that sound like everyone else is a warmonger for not lying down and letting Russia do whatever.
I have nothing to add on if longer work hours should or should not be allowed in this case; I lack local background and context.