Brussels, 11/07/2007

Brussels, December 2006 On 20 October 2006, the European Commission formally consulted the European social partners on the reconciliation of professional, private and family life. This is the first stage of the consultation process and is one of the follow up measures put forward by the Commission in its recent Communication on Demography, to respond to the demographic challenge which the EU is facing.

Brussels, October 2006

Brussels, 18/07/2006

Brussels, 14-15 March 2006 Introduction In the autumn of 2003, the ETUC was consulted about a prior document of the Commission, COM (2003) 458, regarding the implementation of the so-called Posting Directive.

Brussels, May 2005

Brussels, 01 December 2004 The Lisbon strategy is about reaching ambitious objectives in the economic, the social and the sustainability field through a strategy of innovation and by investing in a knowledge society. Lisbon is not about wage cuts or competition on the basis of bad working conditions; instead it is about economic, social and ecological policies that are mutually strengthening each other. This is why the ETUC has welcomed the Lisbon strategy from the beginning.

Brussels, 01 December 2004 1. The Resolution approved by the Executive Committee on 18-19 March 2004 underlined the importance of bolstering the coordination of collective bargaining, as indicated in the Prague Congress' Action Programme. This decision now appears even more important in the light of recent action taken in many European countries which could worsen existing contractual and working conditions for workers.

Brussels, 09-10 June 2004 - 1 - The journey begun by the European Commission back in July 2001 with the Green Paper on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) which was intended to launch a debate on "how to build a partnership for the development of a new framework for the promotion of corporate social responsibility, taking account of the interests of both business and the various stakeholders", will reach an important milestone on 29 June when the Multi-Stakeholder Forum comes to an end and the key elements of its final report are presented.

Brussels, 09-10 June 2004

Brussels, 09-10 June 2004

Brussels, 17-18 March 2004

Brussels, 19-20 November 2002 The ETUC and its affiliated organisations welcome the Council decision to nominate 2003 as the European Year of People with Disabilities. The ETUC will mobilise trade unionists everywhere to make this European Year a success, to make it a year for equal rights and social integration in an ordinary work environment and a launch pad for the future, to develop access to education, employment and the dignity of all persons with disabilities.