Urgent message from the ETUC regarding the US Government letter “Certification regarding compliance with applicable federal anti-discrimination law”
Dear Mr Norman Thatcher Scharpf,
I am contacting you to ask for a meeting as a matter of urgency, to discuss the recent letter issued by the US to companies in Europe who have contracts with the US government.
The letter requires companies to "not operate any programs promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion that violate any applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws”.
ETUC letter following the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu
Sent by e-mail to Ms Kaja Kallas High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.
Dear High Representative Kallas,
We would like to express our deepest concern about the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu - along with approximately 106 other municipal officials, as well as more than 1.000 people protesting.
Dear Environment Council Ministers,
In advance of your meeting on 27 March to discuss the environmental dimension of the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), the European Trade Union Confederation urges you to seriously address two key issues: profound financial shortcomings and misguided deregulation.
The CID marks a valuable first step, notably through its inclusion of social conditionalities linked to collective bargaining and demand-side measures, though these commitments need to be transformed into concrete commitments.
Esther Lynch has written to António Costa, President of the European Council and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, ahead of the 6 March to reiterate the ETUC's call for the EU and governments to increase their efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace to be delivered together with Ukraine, and underscore the need for support for international law based on multilateralism and a stronger role for the E
ETUC Resolution on labour market shortages: A Call for Quality Jobs for Cohesion and Inclusion
Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 04-05 March 2025
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.
An EU-financed Investment Facility for quality jobs and just transitions
Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 10-11 December 2024
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ETUC resolution on specific demands for a European Directive on the prevention of psychosocial risks at work
Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 15-16 October 2024
Energy Union Regulation - Taking Decisive Action to Protect Industry, Households, and Create Quality Jobs
Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 15-16 October 2024
ETUC priorities on the Post-2027 EU budget and the next EU multiannual financial framework (MFF)
Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 15-16 October 2024
Context
Dear Commission President Ursula von der Leyen,I am contacting you following the announcement of the list of Commissioners designate and the publication of their proposed portfolios and mission letters. The European Trade Union Confederation is very concerned that – for the first time since the Seventies – there is not a member of the college of Commissioners whose title refers specifically to Labour and Social Affairs (or to “Jobs and Social Rights”).
Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 24-25 June 2024
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Preventing and combatting gender-based violence in the world of work is a key priority of the ETUC. The recently adopted Directive combatting violence against women and domestic violence fails to deliver meaningful provisions to make the world of work safer for women workers. It also fails to recognise our role as trade unions to end gender-based violence.
Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 24-25 June 2024
In its Action Programme, adopted at its 15th statutory congress, ETUC promotes a peaceful resolution in Palestine, the respect of international law and demands the right of all peoples to self-determination, including that the EU considers the impact on workers when deploying sanctions.
Industrial policy for quality jobs
A Just Transition policy framework and Directive to anticipate and manage change
Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 24-25 June 2024
European climate measures are unfit for social transformation.
Dear President Michel,
I am contacting you regarding the ongoing discussions on the EU Strategic Agenda 2024-2029 and in view of the European Council meeting on 27/28 June.
The ETUC is concerned that – according to the information received – the draft of the Strategic Agenda still does not include the necessary focus on the improvement of the situation for working people, their families and communities.
Dear Environment and Labour Ministers,In conjunction with the European Trade Union Confederation, we, the undersigned, serving as Presidents and General Secretaries of Trade Unions from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), are compelled to underscore the importance of safeguarding just transition initiatives deliberated within the Environment Council Conclusions.
