European Trade Union Confederation - 14th Congress #ETUC19

The 14th Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) will take place from Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 May 2019 at Wien Messe in Vienna, Austria.

Taking part are over 600 national trade union delegates including the General Secretaries and/or Presidents of some 90 national trade union organisations from 38 European countries, 10 European sectoral trade union federations and special guests from Europe and beyond, including Antonio Costa, Pime Minister of Portugal, Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, Enrico Letta, Dean of PSIA Sciences Po and former Italian Prime Minister, Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-Winning Economist. For full list of guest speakers, have a look to the final program below.

The Congress will elect a new ETUC leadership team, amend the ETUC Constitution and adopt key documents including the Vienna Manifesto and an ETUC Action Programme 2019-2023.

LIVE STREAMING (7 languages available: OR, EN, FR, DE, IT, ES, PL)

DOWNLOAD THE DEBATES (MP4 videos available 15 minutes after the end of each session)

CVs of the candidates for the new ETUC leadership team: General Secretary: Luca Visentini; two Deputy General Secretaries: Ester Lynch and Per Hilmersson; three Confederal Secretaries: Liina Carr, Isabelle Schömann and Ludovic Voet.