FTT should be used to create jobs, says top trade unionist

Report of a EurActiv interview with Bernadette Ségol, the newly-elected Secretary-General of the European Trade Union Confederation, August 2011.

She said that a financial transaction tax was needed to repair the damage of the financial crisis, which had cost millions in jobs, and the money should be used to invest in low-carbon growth and employment.

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Website: Financial Transaction Tax Now Campaign http://europeansforfinancialreform.org/en

http://www.etuc.org/ http://www.etuc.org/

ESO: Background information: Banks, markets oppose financial transaction tax http://www.europeansources.info/record/banks-markets-oppose-financial-transaction-tax/

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