Brussels, 25/03/2008
Europe's workers face common problems: shrinking purchasing power, wage moderation and inequalities. That is why the European trade unions will mobilise on 5 April - the day the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meets in Slovenia - to call for higher pay, more purchasing power and fairer wages.
At least 35,000 European trade unionists are expected, including union leaders like Dusan Semolic (ZSSS-Slovenia), Michael Sommer (DGB-Germany), Wanja Lundby-Wedin (LO-Sweden and ETUC President), Candido Mendez (UGT-Spain), François Chérèque (CFDT-France), Jean-Claude Mailly (FO-France), Bernard Thibaut (CGT-France), Luc Cortebeeck (CSC-Belgium), Jerzy Langer (Solidarnosc-Poland), Guglielmo Epifani (CGIL-Italie), Raffaele Bonanni (CISL-Italie) and others.
- Friday 4 April: Press conference
Time: 11h00
Address: ZSSS Trade Union House, Dalmatinova 4, 1000 Ljubljana, 6th
floor conference room. English interpretation will be available.
- Saturday 5 April:
The Euro-demonstration will start at 14h00.
The demonstration route can be found via the following link:
http://www.etuc.org/a/4711
For general information about the event: http://www.etuc.org/a/4563