The new CAP needs social conditionality - End exploitation and raise labour standards in European agriculture
Together with other 300 organisations, the ETUC signed this open letter addressed to key Commissioners, EU Parliament negotiating MEPs, and national agriculture ministers
European youth are severely affected by the pandemic. One in six young people lost their job due to the economic consequences of COVID-19. In September 2020, the EU youth unemployment rate was 17.1%. Youth unemployment has soared in several countries, including Spain (40,5%), Italy (29,7%), Bulgaria (18,3%) and France (19,6%).
ETUC PRIORITIES FOR THE ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTING THE EUROPEAN PILLAR OF SOCIAL RIGHTS
(full version available on the dedicated website https://est.etuc.org/socialpillar)
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Solidarity Letter sent to Bogdan Iuliu Hossu, President, CARTEL ALFA
ETUC fully supports Cartel-Alfa in its actions to oppose Government austerity and to end wage poverty and pension inequality.
ETUC strongly endorses Cartel-Alfa’s calls for social rights.
It is unacceptable that the Government:
The ETUC welcomes the launch of a consultation, and debate, on responding to the impacts of an ageing society.
ETUC Confederal Secretary Liina Carr said “Ageing is not just a cost. Longer lives are a benefit and should be valued for the greater knowledge, experience and the potential benefits for family and community life.”
ETUC welcomes the European Parliament’s interest in the right to disconnect. It is an important right for the quality and dignity of life of working people. It is a right that European employers’ organisations refuse to recognise and are trying to block.
The ETUC is calling on the S&D Group to withdraw the last-minute damaging amendment preventing legislative action on the right to disconnect for three years – which in reality means around eight years (given the length of the legislative process and coming-into-force period).
Brussels, 19 January 2021
Members of the European Parliament
via email
Dear MEPs,
Workers experience a lot difficulties securing the right to disconnect in reality and the ETUC and the ETUFs urge the Commission to come forth with a proposal for a Directive quickly.
Tomorrow, Wednesday the 20th January, amendments to the report on the right to disconnect will be tabled.
Dear Michel,
I am contacting you to raise the concern of trade unions across Europe that with few days to the end of the transition period, agreement is still to be reached. This uncertainty adds to the already destabilising employment situation due to the pandemic and the planned end of the support measures next year.
The role of Social Partners and Social Dialogue in the Semester process and in the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)
Annex1 to the resolution: Negotiating a fair future: reinforcing the role of social dialogue
Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 9-10 December 2020
Negotiating a fair future: reinforcing the role of Social Dialogue (Resolution) Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 9-10 December 20202
Introduction
ETUC Resolution on the protection of the rights of non-standard workers and workers in platform companies (including the self-employed)
Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 28-29 October 2020
A new EU adaptation to climate change strategy for the world of work
ETUC Resolution adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 28-29 October 2020
Summary of key messages