Brussels, 30 October 2017.    8th European Union, Latin America and Caribbean Trade Inion Meeting and Panama Declaration The 8th EU-CELAC Trade Union Meeting, organised by the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), and held in Panama, publishes its Panama Declaration here.  

ETUC position paper A renewed EU industrial policy – ETUC reaction Adopted at the Executive Committee on 25-26 October 2017

Brussels, 11 October 2017   ETUC submission on the Non-paper of the Commission services on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)  

Reflection paper on Harnessing Globalisation – ETUC Assessment Adopted at the Executive Meeting of 13-14 June 2017

Reflection Paper on the Social Dimension of Europe - ETUC Assessment (position) Adopted at the ETUC Executive Committee on 13-14 June 2017

Reflection paper on the Deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union – ETUC assessment (ETUC position) Adopted at the ETUC Executive Committee on 13-14 June 2017 All quotes, if not otherwise mentioned, are from the Reflection paper on the deepening of the economic and monetary union, European Commission, 31 May 2017, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/publications/reflection-paper-deepening-economic-and-monetary-union_en Introduction

The European Trade Union Confederation celebrated the 2017 World Pride at a trade union conference, hosted and co-organised by the Spanish trade unions CC.OO and UGT, on ‘The Rights of LGBTQI* People in the Workplace’, which took place on 29-30 June. The conference was an opportunity for the ETUC and its affiliated organisations, represented via the LGBTQI* rights trade union network, to strengthen their cooperation in the fight for human rights, trade union rights and equality for all workers.

ETUC position on first-stage consultation of the EU social partners on a possible action addressing the challenges of access to social protection for people in all forms of employment in the framework of the European Pillar of Social Rights. Adopted at the Executive Meeting of 13 and 14 June 2017 General remarks

ETUC Position on Internal Market Services Package Adopted at the Executive Meeting of 13 and 14 June 2017 Introduction On 10 January, the European Commission presented a new Services package, that includes proposals for the European Services e-card (composed of a regulation and directive), a Services Notification Procedure (directive), a Proportionality Test (directive) and guidance on reform recommendations for regulation in professional services (communication). The ETUC position

As part of the follow-up to the ETUC Congress engagements towards the promotion of women within its membership and decision-making structures, in 2017 the ETUC carried out the tenth edition of its Annual Gender Equality Survey (previously known as the 8th March survey). The aim of this survey is to monitor the proportion of women in the European trade union movement, including in decision-making positions and bodies. The objective is to assess progress in reducing the representation and decision-making gap between women and men in trade unions.

SAFE AT HOME, SAFE AT WORK Trade union strategies to prevent, manage and eliminate work-place harassment and violence against women

20 JULY - UPDATED VERSION  ETUC Mid-Term Conference – Rome, 29-31 May 2017 THE ETUC ‘ROME DECLARATION’ Declaration adopted at the ETUC Mid-Term Conference in Rome on 29-31 May 2017.   It is ten years since the financial crisis of 2007-2008. 

French presidential elections are crucial not only for France but for the whole of Europe. France has always been at the heart of the European Union, and the risk of a French President who is opposed to the EU and who calls into question France’s membership of the Euro and the European Union, is very worrying. The European Trade Union Confederation supports the European integration and calls for a more just, social, inclusive and democratic Europe.