Brussels, 25/08/2011 In the face of the turmoil disrupting the European economy and amplifying unemployment and the insecurity of work for millions of Europeans, European solidarity is necessary and urgent.

Brussels, 17/08/2011

Brussels, 05/08/2011 Brutal austerity, as applied in the European bail outs, will not stop this but will actually make things even worse by undermining wages, jobs and the social security position of millions of workers.

Brussels, 03/08/2011 Writing to Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy who is conducting discussions with EU countries about their position on Burma to be advanced at the 21st UN General Assembly, ETUC General Secretary, Bernadette Ségol, urged her to to support the recommendation of the United Nations Special Rapporteur for a COI into human rights abuses in Burma/Myanmar. That call has been backed by the leader of Burma’s democracy movement, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Brussels, 25/07/2011 We express our deepest feelings of friendship and solidarity to all people in Norway, and particularly to the trade union confederations affiliated to the ETUC and their members: LO, YS and UNIO. We share your deep sorrow in the face of the savage murder of innocent people. We are outraged by, and unequivocally condemn, all forms of violence.

Brussels, 22/07/2011 “EU leaders have, at long last, admitted that austerity is not working and that a growth strategy is necessary. Unused structural funds should serve for growth and jobs. Trade unions should be involved”, said Bernadette Ségol, ETUC General Secretary.

Brussels, 20/07/2011

Brussels, 13/07/2011 Employment and social cohesion, the real lives of millions of Europeans are at stake. “It is time to show a strong sense of European leadership and to take the right decisions to change direction - this situation is not an inevitability, it is the results of a lack of political control of the markets” said the ETUC General Secretary, Bernadette Ségol.

Killarney, 06/07/2011 President, General Secretary, Dear friends, brothers and sisters trade unionists, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to address Congress today as the newly elected General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation taking over from John Monks, the first woman in that position. I would like here to thank ICTU for supporting my candidature. So you will have to adjust from John’s Manchester sounding English to a definitely French-English tone.

Brussels, 08/07/2011 The ETUC fully endorses its recommendations for a European "New Deal" to foster innovation, job creation and R&D investment, so as to give an urgently-needed boost to European competitiveness ensuring sustainable, green growth. Recommendations on tax policy and the promotion of euro-bonds reflect ETUC demands for a constructive exit from the crisis rather than the current proposals for aggressive austerity and pressure on working people across Europe.

Brussels, 05/07/2011

Brussels, 05/07/2011 Recognizing the scale of risks for the general public as well as the specific risks for nuclear industry workers, the ETUC demands that this industry be treated with the highest possible caution, transparency and democratic control and asks for several measures to be adopted. These relate inter alia to planned stress tests, audits and safety inspections, to safety standards, to subcontracting and agency work, to research, to the need for full transparency on the real costs, to the liabilities for the companies involved.

Brussels, 04/07/2011