TTIP

The ETUC and the US trade union national centre, AFL-CIO, maintain a close relationship, further developed in the context of the TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) talks. The ETUC has worked hard to press for major amendments to TTIP. The ETUC and the AFL-CIO issued a “Declaration of Joint Principles” in June 2014 and a joint statement in March 2016: TTIP negotiations 'On the Wrong Course'. The ETUC takes part in the European Commission’s TTIP Advisory Group.

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  • 10.07.2015 Speech

    2015 Biennial Delegate Conference (ICTU) - Speech by Bernadette Ségol

    Speech given by Bernadette Ségol, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation 2015 Biennial Delegate Conference (ICTU) 9 July 2015, Ennis [Check against delivery]   President, delegates,   I am honoured to address you once more – for the third and last time as ETUC General Secretary- at your Biennial Delegate Conference.  
  • 02.12.2014 Speech

    Discussion points - EMPL/ INTA Hearing on Employment and Social Aspects of TTIP

    Discussion points by Tom Jenkins, Chief adviser at the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)   [Check against delivery] The ETUC has three sine qua non conditions on TTIP: No ISDS; a guaranteed protection of public services; and an enforceable labour chapter.  Today’s meeting is dealing with that issue.   Growth and Employment  
  • 22.10.2014 Document

    ETUC declaration to the new European Commission

    Adopted by the Executive Committee at its meeting on 21-22 October 2014 Economic policies followed until now to tackle the economic and social crisis have failed. They brought about low growth and deflation, increased precarious work and unemployment, particularly youth unemployment, rising poverty and inequalities. Divergences within and between countries increased.  Competition has been extended to all fields, including taxation, workers’ rights, workers’ wages, workers’ protection, working conditions, and social protection. 
  • 10.04.2014 Speech

    The Future of Transatlantic Trade - Washington Post / European Voice Conference

    Source : ETUC
    Speech given by Bernadette Ségol, General Secretary of the ETUC Paris, 10/04/2014   Check against delivery   Thank you for inviting me to this conference on an important and increasingly political subject. I must say that when I was asked to address the question “what is the lowdown on the negotiating positions?"  I wondered whether you shouldn’t be asking the successors to the Washington Post’s Woodstein dream-team. 
  • 16.10.2013 Speech

    S&D conference: PANEL II TTIP and labour rights - chance or risk?

    Source Flickr commons: BlueRobot
    Brussels, 16/10/2013 The launch of negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the USA represents a significant step-change in transatlantic relations, which collectively account for half of global GDP in terms of value. We are constantly told that this is more than a trade agreement, in yet when it comes to the social dimension we are still trapped in the trade-logic.