The Union and the Member States  having in mind fundamental social rights such as those set out in the European Social Charter signed at Turin on 18 October 1961 and in the 1989 Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers  shall have as their objectives the promotion of employment  improved living and working conditions  so as to make possible their harmonisation while the improvement is being maintained  proper social protection  dialogue between management and labour  the development of human resources with a view to lasting high employment and the combating of exclusion