Social Chapter

noun

1. the section of the Maastricht Treaty concerning working conditions, consultation of workers, employment rights, and social security. The UK government negotiated an opt-out clause from this section of the treaty in 1993 but adopted it in 1997

Example Sentences

He signed up to the EU’s social chapter that his predecessor John Major had negotiated an opt-out from.

From Seattle Times

John Major declined to join the eurozone and the EU social chapter.

From The Guardian

The row over beef exports during the BSE crisis aside, these were happy days in the Anglo-EU marriage: Blair opted back in to the social chapter and was applauded from Brussels to Berlin.

From The Guardian

And although John Major won opt-outs on the single currency and the social chapter on workers’ rights at Maastricht, the Eurosceptic genie was out of the bottle.

From The Guardian

In a speech in London, Mr Miliband will say: "Let's be clear what the Leave agenda would mean for working people. "They want out of Europe so we can be out of the social chapter, as Boris Johnson said... in 2012.

From BBC