• 09.04.2018 Document

    2019 ETUC Brian Bercusson Award on European labour law - Call for applications by 7 October 2018

    Brian Bercusson prize
    The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has instituted an award to honour the outstanding and dynamic scientific work, of great value to the European trade union movement, of the late labour law Professor Brian Bercusson: the ETUC Brian Bercusson Award. Through this Award, the ETUC and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) support academic research that deepens understanding and promotes transnational workers’ rights in Europe.
  • 22.01.2018 Document

    Hands-on Training for experts in Standardisation

    Brussels, 22 January 2018 To the members of the permanent committee on Standardisation   Dear Friends and Colleagues, On Thursday 25th January, from 9h00 to 12h50, we give a hands-on training on standardisation for our new experts. You can remotely join in, learn and actively participate by clicking on the following link: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/295928229 - But you do need a camera, micro and headphones to join our training.
  • 14.12.2017 Document

    Implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights - Letter sent to President Tusk

    Re: implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights Dear Donald, Dear Prime Ministers/Heads of States, I thank you, on behalf of the European Trade Union Confederation, for the commitment you are going to endorse in the European Council this week on the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, proclaimed in Gothenburg on 17 November 2017.
  • 31.10.2017 Document

    ETUC Assessment on the Reflection Paper on the Future of EU Finances

    EU Reflection Paper on the Future of EU Finances
    ETUC Assessment on the Reflection Paper on the Future of EU Finances Adopted by the Executive Committee at its meeting on 25-26 October 2017     INTRODUCTION The Reflection Paper on the Future of EU Finances, published on 28 June 2017, is the last one out of the five that the European Commission announced when publishing its White Paper on the Future of Europe on 1st March 2017. The Reflection Paper presents five scenarios for the future of European finances.
  • 27.10.2017 Document

    A new start for social dialogue needs a change of pace in trade union involvement in economic governance

    The ETUC TU-I index below shows the involvement of trade unions at the milestones of the semester cycle at national level. It is still largely unsatisfactory. Despite the commitment of the Juncker Commission to a new start for social dialogue in recent years, governments have too often largely disregarded the involvement of trade unions in the design and implementation of their reform plans.