Brussels, 22/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) confirmed on 21 May the decision taken by its Executive Committee on 22 March in Stockholm to abandon negotiations with European employers (UNICE) on temporary work since the two sides cannot even reach agreement on the definition of a "comparable worker". UNICE is refusing to treat temporary workers on the same basis as permanent workers by accepting the basic principles that have already been accepted...