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A controversial legal opinion calling for the annulment of the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages (AMWD) was based on a “historically mistaken” reading of EU law that failed to consider established case law.  

Trade unions protest against the Omnibus deregulation drive outside the headquarters of the European Commission

The Commission has today proposed to weaken mechanisms designed to hold companies accountable to the abuse of workers in their supply chains.

Placard reads "our jobs depend on your decisions" during industrial workers demonstration in Brussels

Thousands of jobs rely on a swift implementation of the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), announced today by the European Commission. The ETUC is calling for the measures focussed on workers to be urgently brought forward.

Dear Readers, We have just published the February 2025 edition of the ETUC newsletter.To read the document, please click here. Enjoy!

Dear Commissioner Dombrovskis,  I am contacting you to urge the European Commission and Member States to suspend the current economic governance rules, to provide scope to deal with the crisis that the EU is facing.  The recent announcement by President von der Leyen that she “will propose to activate the escape clause for defence investments” is a further confirmation that the rules are inadequate for the EU to invest in its future, in particular in this volatile environment. 

ETUC General Secretary has extended the condolences and solidarity of the ETUC to ver.di Munich, following an attack on a rally they held earlier today.

Dear Commission Executive Vice-Presidents Ms Ribera, Mr Séjourné and Ms Minzatu,

Dear Readers, We have just published the January 2025 edition of the ETUC newsletter.To read the document, please click here. Enjoy!

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