• A renewed EU industrial policy – ETUC reaction

    A renewed EU industrial policy – ETUC reaction

    ETUC position paper A renewed EU industrial policy – ETUC reaction Adopted at the Executive Committee on 25-26 October 2017
    Document Published on 27.10.2017
  • ETUC Resolution on Fixing the Social Foundation

    ETUC Resolution on Fixing the Social Foundation

    ETUC Resolution on Fixing the Social Foundation – ETUC Statement on the need for a Social Protocol  Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 25-26 October 2017   Introduction
    Document Published on 27.10.2017
  • A new start for social dialogue needs a change of pace in trade union involvement in economic governance

    A new start for social dialogue needs a change of pace in trade union involvement in economic governance

    The ETUC TU-I index below shows the involvement of trade unions at the milestones of the semester cycle at national level. It is still largely unsatisfactory. Despite the commitment of the Juncker Commission to a new start for social dialogue in recent years, governments have too often largely disregarded the involvement of trade unions in the design and implementation of their reform plans.
    Document Published on 27.10.2017
  • ETUC submission on the Non-paper of the Commission services on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)

    ETUC submission on the Non-paper of the Commission services on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)

    Brussels, 11 October 2017   ETUC submission on the Non-paper of the Commission services on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)  
    Document Published on 11.10.2017
  • ETUC - CCSCS Joint Statement on current EU - MERCOSUR Negotiations

    ETUC - CCSCS Joint Statement on current EU - MERCOSUR Negotiations

    CONO SUR TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS COORDINATOR (CCSCS) EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ETUC)   JOINT STATEMENT ON THE MEETING HELD IN BRUSSELS BY THE TRADE UNION REPRESENTATION WITH THE EU AND MERCOSUR NEGOTIATORS  
    Document Published on 15.09.2017
  • ETUC Roadmap for the Future of Europe

    ETUC Roadmap for the Future of Europe

    The ETUC Roadmap for the Future of Europe Adopted at the Executive Committee of 13 and 14 June 2017   Background On 1 March 2017, the President of the European Commission launched a reflection on the Future of Europe, involving the EU 27 Member States after Brexit, by publishing a White Paper to be followed by a series of Reflection Papers.
    Document Published on 20.07.2017
  • Reflection paper on the Deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union – ETUC assessment (ETUC position)

    Reflection paper on the Deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union – ETUC assessment (ETUC position)

    Reflection paper on the Deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union – ETUC assessment (ETUC position) Adopted at the ETUC Executive Committee on 13-14 June 2017 All quotes, if not otherwise mentioned, are from the Reflection paper on the deepening of the economic and monetary union, European Commission, 31 May 2017, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/publications/reflection-paper-deepening-economic-and-monetary-union_en Introduction
    Document Published on 10.07.2017
  • Madrid Declaration on 'The Rights of LGBTQI* People in the Workplace'

    Madrid Declaration on 'The Rights of LGBTQI* People in the Workplace'

    The European Trade Union Confederation celebrated the 2017 World Pride at a trade union conference, hosted and co-organised by the Spanish trade unions CC.OO and UGT, on ‘The Rights of LGBTQI* People in the Workplace’, which took place on 29-30 June. The conference was an opportunity for the ETUC and its affiliated organisations, represented via the LGBTQI* rights trade union network, to strengthen their cooperation in the fight for human rights, trade union rights and equality for all workers.
    Document Published on 30.06.2017
  • ETUC position on first-stage consultation of the EU social partners on a possible action addressing the challenges of access to social protection

    ETUC position on first-stage consultation of the EU social partners on a possible action addressing the challenges of access to social protection

    ETUC position on first-stage consultation of the EU social partners on a possible action addressing the challenges of access to social protection for people in all forms of employment in the framework of the European Pillar of Social Rights. Adopted at the Executive Meeting of 13 and 14 June 2017 General remarks
    Document Published on 20.06.2017
  • Report and summary: ETUC mid-term conference in Rome - Democracy at work: the future of workers' participation

    Report and summary: ETUC mid-term conference in Rome - Democracy at work: the future of workers' participation

    To the: ETUC affiliates ETUFs Worker's participation and company policy committee Participants on the ETUC mid-term Conference in Rome     Dear colleagues,   From the 29.5. – 31.5.2017 the ETUC and the ETUC affiliates came together for the ETUC mid-term conference in Rome.  
    Document Published on 19.06.2017