04/03/2021
Statement by
Christa Schweng, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Laurenţiu Plosceanu, President of the Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC)
We are looking forward to working on the European Commission's three major initiatives: a Communication on "the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan", a Proposal for a Directive to "strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms" as well as on "the Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021 – 2030".