Brussels, 06/12/2010 To move this discussion forward, the ETUC has also provided Ministers with a note spelling out a possible policy proposal in which 60% of national debt would be taken out of the grip of speculators, while financing a robust and European investment led recovery. . Says John Monks, general secretary of the ETUC, “In order to save the single currency from speculation, Europe urgently needs to consider to join financial forces ”. Letter to the EU Finance ministers: http://www.etuc.org/a/7971

Brussels, 01/12/2010

Brussels, 30/11/2010 The European trade unions are meeting in Brussels for the final Executive Committee of the year 2010.

Brussels, 26/11/2010

Brussels, 25/11/2010 The ETUC agrees with the comments of Lászl? Andor, the Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, that ‘our priority is to get people working. We simply cannot afford an unemployment rate of 10%. The ETUC is also in agreement with Androulla Vassiliou, the Commissioner for Education, Culture Multilingualism, Sport, Media and Youth, that ‘it is more than ever crucial that all citizens receive high quality education and training to equip with the skills they need to find work’.

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Brussels, 25/11/2010

Brussels, 25/11/2010 John Monks said that the ETUC expected European companies to contribute to decent work and sustainable development in their host countries. He pointed out that the European Union (EU) had consistently pressed for sustainable development chapters to be included in Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with third countries in line with those objectives.

Bruxelles, 18/11/2010

Brussels, 16/11/2010 On the eve of an important Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN), John Monks commented: "The philosophy of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) appears cutting expenditure, reducing debt, putting pressure on wages and social spending and making labour markets more flexible. Established gains by trade unions are widely under attack. A first step would be to involve the social partners from the countries concerned by austerity measures. We cannot be mere spectators."

Brussels, 16/11/2010 President, colleagues, there is an old Irish joke that when a tourist asked a local the best way to Cork, the reply was “you don’t want to start from here”.

London, 11/11/2010 My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow Lord Hannay in debate on diplomatic questions because of his immense knowledge and impressive experience of the world of diplomacy; but it is daunting too in that he is a hard act to follow. I myself lay claim to some experience, if not expertise, in this field. I work currently in Brussels as General Secretary of the European TUC. And the UK Representation there, inelegantly called UKREP, is generally admired as the classiest operation around town, even by the French!

Brussels, 28/10/2010 There were plans, based on a recent report by ex Commissioner Mario Monti, for a regulation covering the whole of the single market specifying that fundamental rights, including the right to strike, must be respected. After a hard battle, there is no reference to a Monti type regulation, although there are references to ‘work in progress’ on the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Posted Workers Directive.