• Briefing note: ETUC Response to the European Commission Proposal for a Directive to Strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms

    Briefing note: ETUC Response to the European Commission Proposal for a Directive to Strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms

    Introduction Although there has been European law on equal pay for women and men for 45 years, the gender pay gap in the European Union is still unacceptably large at over 14%. At the current very slow rate of progress, pay equality will not be achieved across the European Union until the next century (2104) and will never be reached in some Member States.
    Document Published on 21.04.2021
  • ETUC reply to the First phase consultation of social partners under Article 154 TFEU on possible action addressing the challenges related to working conditions in platform work
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    ETUC reply to the First phase consultation of social partners under Article 154 TFEU on possible action addressing the challenges related to working conditions in platform work

    ETUC reply to the First phase consultation of social partners under Article 154 TFEU on possible action addressing the challenges related to working conditions in platform work Resolution adopted at the virtual Executive Committee meeting on 22-23 March 2021 Main messages
    Document Published on 01.04.2021
  • ETUC Resolution for a More Sustainable and Inclusive Competition Policy

    ETUC Resolution for a More Sustainable and Inclusive Competition Policy

    ETUC Resolution for a More Sustainable and Inclusive Competition Policy Adopted at the Executive Committee of 22-23 March 2021  Including the addendum on Public Procurement adopted at the Executive Committee of 4 June 2021 ETUC KEY MESSAGES
    Document Published on 30.03.2021
  • ETUC position on the Assessment of the Action Plan implementing the EPSR + Roadmap to the EU Social Summit in Porto

    ETUC position on the Assessment of the Action Plan implementing the EPSR + Roadmap to the EU Social Summit in Porto

    ETUC position on the Assessment of the Action Plan implementing the EPSR + Roadmap to the EU Social Summit in Porto Adopted at the virtual Executive Committee Meeting of 22-23 March 2021 SUMMARY The ETUC welcomes the Action Plan implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) and backs the call addressed to Member States, EU institutions and social partners to endorse the Action Plant to keep the EU social agenda prominent in all the policy areas of the EU.
    Document Published on 30.03.2021
  • ETUC Resolution on Fair Labour Mobility and Migration
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    ETUC Resolution on Fair Labour Mobility and Migration

    Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 22 March 2021 I. Setting the scene: why both labour mobility and migration should be fair
    Document Published on 30.03.2021
  • ETUC’s DECENT WORK & SUSTAINABLE GROWTH INDEX - Briefing note

    ETUC’s DECENT WORK & SUSTAINABLE GROWTH INDEX - Briefing note

    ETUC’s DECENT WORK & SUSTAINABLE GROWTH INDEX Decent work and sustainable growth are one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals which the EU signed-up to in 2015. The report prepared for the ETUC by a team of researchers of the highly respected Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development ASviS, led by Prof. Enrico Giovannini, measures progress towards the goal on three measures: economic wellbeing, employment quality and labour vulnerability (merged also into one overall index). 
    Document Published on 30.03.2021
  • Sanctions against junta & EU companies that continue business with Myanmar

    Sanctions against junta & EU companies that continue business with Myanmar

    Dear President, Dear High Representative, The ETUC totally condemns the bloody repression by the Myanmar military which has trampled over democracy and the legitimate protests of the people of Myanmar and killed over 100 people including children in the deadliest day since the illegal coup two months ago. In addition to gun and grenade attacks on people in several cities, airstrikes against its own people have caused many citizens to flee the country for Thailand.
    Document Published on 29.03.2021
  • ETUC resolution on “Fit for 55” package
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    ETUC resolution on “Fit for 55” package

    ETUC resolution on “Fit for 55” package Adopted at the virtual Executive Committee meeting of 22-23 March 2021 Summary of key messages
    Document Published on 26.03.2021
  • OPINION OF THE COUNCIL LEGAL SERVICE ON THE DIRECTIVE ON ADEQUATE MINIMUM WAGES IN THE EU – BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!
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    OPINION OF THE COUNCIL LEGAL SERVICE ON THE DIRECTIVE ON ADEQUATE MINIMUM WAGES IN THE EU – BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!

    Statement of the ETUC Collective Bargaining and Wage Coordination Committee Last week, the EU Council's legal service finally delivered its opinion on the Directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU. The opinion confirms what trade unions have been saying all along: a Directive is possible and the proposed Directive is drafted on the correct legal base, i.e the protection of working conditions (Article 153(1)(b) TFEU in conjunction with Article 153(2) TFEU).
    Document Published on 25.03.2021
  • ETUC resolution on EU taxation and own resources

    ETUC resolution on EU taxation and own resources

    ETUC resolution on EU taxation and own resources Adopted at the virtual Executive Committee Meeting of 22-23 March 2021
    Document Published on 24.03.2021