ETUC Manifesto 2019-2023

We are living through a crucial and challenging moment for Europe and the

European trade union movement.

The effects of unregulated globalisation, economic crisis and austerity; the

changes in the economy and labour market due to climate change, digitalisation

and automation; the attacks on workers’ and trade union rights and on the

European social model; the growth of inequalities within and between

countries; the issue of migration and mobility flows, often leading to

discrimination and exploitation - the rise of far-right, nationalist, neo-fascist

and xenophobic forces threatening human and social rights and putting

the democratic values of the European Union at risk - all these raise major

concerns for the future of Europe and of European working people.