The EU’s Youth Guarantee has not done enough to help young people into work in Europe, states a new report from the European Trade Union Confederation. ETUC Youth have assessed progress since the Youth Guarantee was launched in 2013, and call for higher investment and more commitment from employers and national governments.

ETUC and CLC statement on CETA MORE DEMOCRACY FOR A FAIR AND PROGRESSIVE TRADE AGENDA The failure of the signature of CETA and the consequent postponement of the EU-Canada Summit show that our concerns were right and shared by local and national politicians, and that the deal cannot be ratified unless the flaws in CETA are fully addressed.

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) supports a mandatory common consolidated corporate tax base across the European Union.  “A common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) will make aggressive tax planning more difficult” said ETUC Deputy General Secretary Veronica Nilsson, “and remove some incentives to move money around in order to pay less tax, especially through the use of transfer pricing". The ETUC regrets

The European Trade Union Confederation

The ETUC urged EU Heads of Governments to break out of their cycle of failure after yet another Summit in which practically nothing was agreed, and what was agreed should not have been according to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).     

President Juncker, President Tusk, President Fico, Vice President, Commissioner, deal colleagues, Europe is facing extraordinary circumstances, and needs ambitious replies to the needs and concerns of its citizens. Social partners want to be on board for this discussion. This was the main objective of the quadripartite declaration we signed few months ago – now it’s time to put it into practice, and the best way is to align our dialogue with what is going to be addressed by leaders tomorrow.

Your Royal Highness, President of the Chamber of Deputies, Honourable Prime Minister, Mayor, friends and delegates, It is a great pleasure to be here today at this celebration of the centenary of Luxembourg trade unionism.

Joint statement by European trade unions and employers which will be presented to, and discussed with, Presidents Juncker and Tusk, Prime Minister Fico, Vice President Dombrovskis and European Commissioner Thyssen at the Tripartite Social Summit on Wednesday 19 October, 14-17h in the European Council’s Justus Lipsius Building.  

ETUC joins over 40 trade unions and civil society organisations in calling for improved protection for workers who blow the whistle on wrongdoing.

JOINT STATEMENT OF ETUC, ITUC, TURK-IS, HAK-IS, DISK, KESK Following the visit of ETUC and ITUC to Ankara on 12-13 October 2016   A joint ITUC and ETUC delegation visited Ankara on 12 and 13 October 2016.

The European Trade Union Confederation is calling on the European Commission to tackle the number one cause of occupational sickness in Europe: the epidemic of back, shoulder, neck, elbow, hand and knee pain costing workers severe loss of quality of life and millions of days off work.   The cost to employers, workers and health services has been estimated at €163 billion.   

A new website – up online today with the support of the European Trade Union Confederation – will enable workers to find out more about cancer risks at work and the dangers of exposure to carcinogens. Every year, more than 100,000 people die in Europe as a result of working with carcinogens. The new site: www.roadmaponcarcinogens.eu highlights the need to limit exposure to cancer-causing agents.

Trade unions see low-carbon industry as an opportunity for a sustainable prosperity, and want industrial regions in the EU to draw up long-term strategies for reducing emissions, with close involvement of trade unions and employers. That’s the conclusion of a 2 year EU-funded project conducted with trade unions and other regional organisations in seven industrial regions across the EU.