Speaking at its 2024 Annual Conference on 27 June, which marks the 5th anniversary of the European Labour Authority, Esther Lynch, General Secretary of the ETUC gave the following keynote speech on ‘Navigating Europe’s Labour Mobility Landscape:5 years of ELA and 30 years of EURES’:
Dear Executive Director Boiangu, Commissioner Schmit and Deputy Prime Minister Dermagne and distinguished guests,
The European Labour Authority (ELA) needs more powers and resources to properly tackle the exploitation of cross-border workers, the ETUC will tell policymakers today.
Non-payment of wages, social security fraud, health and safety breaches and poor-quality accommodation are among the most common rights violations faced by some of Europe’s 10 million mobile workers.
Brussels, 15 January 2024
To the Members of the European Parliament
Honourable Members of the European Parliament,
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) wishes to express its support for the European Parliament Resolution on the Revision of the European Labour Authority Mandate (2023/2866(RSP)), ahead of the plenary vote taking place on Thursday 18 January 2024.
