Published on 18.07.2025 Circular
Youth Committee 2025

* : Save the dates & recharge during summer

Brussels, 18 July 2025

  • To: Members of the Youth Committee

Dear comrades,

As we prepare for the second half of the year, it’s clear that the road ahead will demand all our strength and solidarity. The institutions are not on the workers’ side, and we must stand firm in defending our rights and pushing back against deregulation and liberal economic policies that continue to undermine social justice and equality.

We’re building on the important groundwork we've already laid — including the earlier victory on youth quotas — and now it’s time to make that space count and let young voices be heard in our movement. Our focus in the coming months will be to mobilise against unpaid internships and push for binding measures in the Quality Jobs Roadmap that can meaningfully reduce precarity for young people across Europe.

To support these objectives, the Bureau and Secretariat have put together a strong calendar of events that will feed directly into our work plan.  

Please save the dates for the following:

7–8 October – Vienna: International Day of Decent Work

  • A large-scale ETUC event to celebrate IDDW and push for strong European action.

  • Over 100 participants expected; thanks to FES, 15 funded spots are available for youth representatives.

27–29 October – Vienna: Training Seminar on Youth Policies & Reduction of Working Time

  • Following a successful launch in Turin, our capacity-building work continues.

  • Hosted by OGB Youth, this seminar will explore forward-looking strategies to combat youth precarity.

25–27 November – Strasbourg: Seminar on Fiscal Justice

  • Expert-led discussions to strengthen the ETUC fiscal justice campaign and deepen youth involvement.

  • We will strategies on taking the "Tax the Rich" message into workplaces and public discourse.

8–9 December – Amsterdam: ETUC Youth Committee Meeting

  • Our official committee meeting, hosted by FNV Youth, will open with an interactive workshop on the political landscape and trade union alternatives. On the second day, we will have a committee agenda and planning for the year ahead.

26–30 January 2026 – Youth Training Week (with ETUI)

  • Our flagship training week returns — a key opportunity to strengthen knowledge, skills, and mobilisation capacity.

  • Hosted by FGTB, the project seminar will focus on different existing practices to flexibility. 

19-20 February 2026 – Brussels,  Youth Seminar on work-life balance 

As you can see, we have a full and exciting agenda ahead. Through these events, we are committed to providing both space and financial support for young trade unionists to build capacity and engage with ETUC policymaking and mobilisation.

Further details and registration links for all events will be shared in separate communications in due time.

Please also note that, except for the December Youth Committee meeting, all events are open to young trade union activists, workers’ representatives, and colleagues. If you cannot attend yourself, we strongly encourage you to share the information within your organisation.

We look forward to working together in the months ahead and to many rich policy and political discussions. For now, we wish you a well-deserved and energising summer break.

In solidarity,


Celine Ruffie                                          Tea Jarc
ETUC Youth President                             ETUC Confederal Secretary