ETUC resolution on the rationale for trade union participation in standardisation   Adopted at the ETUC Executive Committee on 16-17 December 2015 Reiterating previous ETUC Resolutions on European standardisation[1] and observing that:

Reforming the Litigation Group into the Fundamental Rights and Litigation Advisory Group Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 16th and 17th December 2015 Throughout Europe workers and their unions are experiencing attacks on their hard won rights, and fundamental human rights including labour rights are being questioned. 

Composition of the ETUC Statutory Bodies Election of the Vice-Presidents Adopted at the ETUC Executive Committee on 28-29 October 2015   1.    MEMBERS OF THE ETUC STEERING COMMITTEE Elected on the Executive Committee 2 October 2015 MEMBERS OF THE ETUC STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBRES DU COMITE DE DIRECTION October 2015 – May 2019  

Resolution on the Role of the ETUC 2015/2019 – follow up: ETUC reorganisation Adopted at the ETUC Executive Committee on 28-29 October 2015   Document on the role of the ETUC for the next mandate 2015-2019 The ETUC Congress in Paris endorsed a Document meant to set priorities and proposals for action, in order to renew and strengthen the role of the ETUC. The Executive Committee is called to adopt any necessary resolutions for its implementation.

ETUC and EESC Workers’ Group Cooperation Agreement Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 17-18 December 2019 European trade unions are fighting for strong solidarity and more social justice, for a European Union that acts in the interests of workers and defends our social model, a unique example to others around the world.

  The ETUC represents all working people in Europe.  It exists to negotiate, campaign and take action for better living and working conditions.

Emergency motion - Refugee crisis in Europe Adopted at the ETUC 13th Congress on 30 September 2015   In recent months Europe has been experiencing a massive increase in numbers of people crossing our borders to seek protection from war and destruction in their own countries.   

Document on the role of the ETUC for the next mandate 2015-2019 Adopted at the ETUC 13th Congress on 2 October 2015   Foreword This paper is meant to set priorities and proposals for action, in order to renew and strengthen the role of the ETUC. It will be discussed in the last panel of the Congress on ‘the ETUC of the future’. At the end of the panel, the document will be submitted to the Congress for endorsement.

Emergency motion on fundamental rights in Spain  Five years ago, on September 29, both major Spanish unions, CC.OO and UGT organised a general strike against the neoliberal reforms that the Spanish government was launching in Spain. On Tuesday, as the ETUC Congress opened, Spanish workers continued to suffer the impact of the economic crisis, the labour reforms and a trade union witch-hunt, with 300 trade unionists penalised for exercising their right to strike.

Paris, 2 October 2015 Emergency Motion – Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) Adopted at the ETUC 13th Congress on 2 October 2015

Emergency motion on health and safety at work  Adopted at the ETUC 13th Congress on 2 October 2015 To work in a healthy and safe environment is a fundamental human right. Work should not put the lives or health of workers at risk. The ETUC Congress condemns the attempts to put into question the existing framework of health and safety protection and to classify much needed health and safety standards as needless red tape or "the most burdensome if EU legislative acts".

Emergency motion - Solidarity with Turkish and Kurdish journalists suffering repression Adopted at the ETUC 13th Congress on 2 October 2015 For freedom of speech.

Emergency motion - UK referendum renegotiation strategy Adopted at the ETUC 13th Congress on 2 October 2015 Congress notes that there will be a referendum on Britain’s continued membership of the European Union at some time in the next two years. The British government is currently seeking to renegotiate the relationship between the EU and the UK, and the British Prime Minister will be raising the issue at the European Council in October.

Emergency motion on Northern Ireland Adopted at the ETUC 13th Congress on 2 October 2015 The Irish Congress of Trade Unions as a matter of urgency requests this Congress to intervene in demanding the political parties in Northern Ireland with the assistance of the British Irish and U.S Governments to resolve the political impasse in Northern Ireland.