Ensuring security: New impulse for peace needed  Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 24-25 June 2024. In line with its Constitution and with its Charter of Values, the ETUC recalls that peace is a precondition for the full exercise of human rights and stable democracy and that there is no peace and security without social justice.

Industrial policy for quality jobs - Social conditionalities for social progress Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 24-25 June 2024.   A momentum for social conditionalities

Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 24-25 June 2024

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.

Speaking at its 2024 Annual Conference on 27 June, which marks the 5th anniversary of the European Labour Authority, Esther Lynch, General Secretary of the ETUC gave the following keynote speech on ‘Navigating Europe’s Labour Mobility Landscape:5 years of ELA and 30 years of EURES’: Dear Executive Director Boiangu, Commissioner Schmit and Deputy Prime Minister Dermagne and distinguished guests,

On 30 April 2024, the European Commission presented the first-phase consultation of social partners under Article 154 TFEU on possible EU action in the area of telework and workers' right to disconnect. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) expressly welcomes the Commission's initiative and is pleased to answer the three consultation questions below.

Interregional Trade Union Councils’ (IRTUCs) Coordinating Committee Internal Rules Of Procedure Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 24-25 June 2024 Introduction

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.

Esther Lynch sent a letter to the National Union of Journalists General Secretary to express support for the ongoing strike of Springer Nature workers.  I am writing to express the ETUC’s solidarity with the striking journalists at Springer Nature and their union, the National Union of Journalists. 

We, the trade union confederations, members of the Regional Trade Union Council Solidarnost, as follows:

The Letta Report on the Future of the Internal Market was published on Wednesday 17 April 2024 and presented to the European Council.

At time of geopolitical crisis, it is even more important to support and strengthen European democracy. This is why the European social partners – ETUC, BusinessEurope, SGI Europe and SMEunited – are calling on those who are eligible to vote in the upcoming European elections to make their voices heard.  As representatives of trade unions and employers across Europe, we are united in our belief that participation in these elections is not just about electing policymakers; it is about securing a bright future for all and addressing the key challenges of our time. 

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.

On  17 May, the European trade union movement celebrates the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). On this day, we remind ourselves and  European policymakers that LGBTI+ rights are fundamental human and trade union rights. 

The revision of the European Works Council Directive was proposed by the European Commission at the request of the European Parliament. Regrettably, the European employers' organisations do not seem to appreciate this democratic practice. There is no other way to understand the public statement published on 22 March by Business Europe, Hotrec, EuroCommerce, European Banking Federation, ECEG and CEEMET and sent to the Employment Committee of the European Parliament and the Council.

TABLE OF CONTENTS1. OVERVIEW OF KEY TRENDS 2. POLICIES FOR DIRECT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT 3. POLICIES ON SOCIAL PROTECTION4. POLICIES SUPPORTING EDUCATION / TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE5. YOUTH GUARANTEE POLICIES AND YOUTH POLICIES IN THE NATIONAL RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN6. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY POINTERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS1. OVERVIEW OF KEY TRENDS 2. POLICIES FOR DIRECT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT 3. POLICIES ON SOCIAL PROTECTION4. POLICIES SUPPORTING EDUCATION / TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE5. YOUTH GUARANTEE POLICIES AND YOUTH POLICIES IN THE NATIONAL RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN6. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY POINTERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS1. OVERVIEW OF KEY TRENDS 2. POLICIES FOR DIRECT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT 3. POLICIES ON SOCIAL PROTECTION4. POLICIES SUPPORTING EDUCATION / TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE5. YOUTH GUARANTEE POLICIES AND YOUTH POLICIES IN THE NATIONAL RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN6. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY POINTERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS1. OVERVIEW OF KEY TRENDS 2. POLICIES FOR DIRECT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT 3. POLICIES ON SOCIAL PROTECTION4. POLICIES SUPPORTING EDUCATION / TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE5. YOUTH GUARANTEE POLICIES AND YOUTH POLICIES IN THE NATIONAL RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN6. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY POINTERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS1. OVERVIEW OF KEY TRENDS 2. POLICIES FOR DIRECT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT 3. POLICIES ON SOCIAL PROTECTION4. POLICIES SUPPORTING EDUCATION / TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE5. YOUTH GUARANTEE POLICIES AND YOUTH POLICIES IN THE NATIONAL RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN6. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY POINTERS

The European trade movement, under the auspices of the European Trade Union Confederation, met with the Ukrainian trade union movement represented by FPU and KPU on 23 April 2024 in Lublin, Poland in the framework of the Trade Union Summit for Ukraine. Read the declaration here 

On May 1, 2004, a historic moment unfolded as ten countries—Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia—joined the European Union. This was the largest enlargement in the EU’s history.