• Tripartite Social Summit (October 2016) - Speech by Luca Visentini, ETUC General Secretary
    Tripartite Social Summit

    Tripartite Social Summit (October 2016) - Speech by Luca Visentini, ETUC General Secretary

    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.
    Speech Published on 20.10.2016
  • Speech by Ms. Veronica Nilsson, Deputy General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Luxembourg's trade unionism, Luxembourg, 19 October 2016
    Veronica Nilsson

    Speech by Ms. Veronica Nilsson, Deputy General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Luxembourg's trade unionism, Luxembourg, 19 October 2016

    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.
    Speech Published on 20.10.2016
  • Tripartite Social Summit : European social partners' joint statement & letter

    Tripartite Social Summit : European social partners' joint statement & letter

    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.  
    Press release Published on 18.10.2016
  • Whistleblowerprotection.eu

    Whistleblowerprotection.eu

    ETUC joins over 40 trade unions and civil society organisations in calling for improved protection for workers who blow the whistle on wrongdoing.
    Press release Published on 17.10.2016
  • Joint Statement of ETUC, ITUC, TURK-IS, HAK-IS, DISK, KESK

    Joint Statement of ETUC, ITUC, TURK-IS, HAK-IS, DISK, KESK

    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.
    Press release Published on 14.10.2016
  • The pain that's crippling Europe

    The pain that's crippling Europe

    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.   
    Press release Published on 12.10.2016
  • Launch of new website to fight work-related cancer

    Launch of new website to fight work-related cancer

    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.
    Press release Published on 10.10.2016
  • Needed: regional strategies for a just transition to low-carbon industry

    Needed: regional strategies for a just transition to low-carbon industry

    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.
    Press release Published on 05.10.2016
  • ETUC tells EU to deliver decent work

    ETUC tells EU to deliver decent work

    The EU could raise low pay, benefitting workers and families throughout Europe and beyond, says the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). In the run up to the World Day of Decent Work on October 7, the ETUC is highlighting
    Press release Published on 05.10.2016
  • Funds for youth employment don't match the good intentions
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    Funds for youth employment don't match the good intentions

    Commenting on European Commissioner Marianne Thyssen’s proposals – announced today -  for tackling youth unemployment, the European Trade Union Confederation warned that the funds did not match the good intentions.
    Press release Published on 04.10.2016
  • Workers' voice - The ETUC newsletter - September 2016

    Workers' voice - The ETUC newsletter - September 2016

    Dear Readers, We have just published the September 2016 edition of the ETUC Newsletter. To read the document, please click here. Enjoy!
    Press release Published on 29.09.2016
  • The Commission needs to get serious about tackling new forms of undeclared work

    The Commission needs to get serious about tackling new forms of undeclared work

    The gig economy needs to grow up and meet its responsibilities to workers and society by turning undeclared work into declared work, and the European Commission needs to help online platforms to do so warned the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), together with UNI Europa, the European Services Workers Union.
    Press release Published on 28.09.2016
  • Euro-Mediterranean Social Partners' joint declaration on social dialogue

    Euro-Mediterranean Social Partners' joint declaration on social dialogue

    The Euro-Mediterranean Social Partners DECLARATION ON SOCIAL DIALOGUE Third Union for the Mediterranean Employment and Labour Ministerial Conference of 26 and 27 September in, Jordan   Jordan, 26 September 2016
    Press release Published on 26.09.2016