London, 26/03/2011 Friends, brothers and sisters, I am bringing to you all the warm & fraternal greetings of the European trade union confederation & the 60 million workers behind it. In London today/ in Berlin, Brussels, Riga, Madrid last week, in Budapest soon, workers & their families citizens of Europe are marching the streets for an alternative. You marched the streets & the European workers marched the streets of London with you for social justice & fairness. You want, need & deserve jobs, good jobs.

Brussels, 25/03/2011

Brussels, 23/03/2011 The European Commission's annual growth survey and the competitiveness pact proposed by Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy present proposals that put dangerous downward pressure on salaries and social rights.

Brussels, 21/03/2011 Several actions will take place in Brussels on 24 March, to say ‘no’ to austerity plans in Europe, no to cuts in wages and pensions, no to insecurity + unemployment, no to deregulation of labour standards and social regression, and no to rising social inequalities.

Brussels, 15/11/2011 The forthcoming European Council, to be held on 24-25 March, will endorse such proposals designed to exert downward pressure on wages, by limiting pay increases to productivity and implicitly barring wages from reflecting increases in prices. Such policy will systematically redistribute income from wages to profits, dividends and bonuses. If this approach is confirmed, the whole concept of social Europe is being placed in increasing jeopardy. For these reasons, trade union mobilisations are planned in Europe.

Brussels, 16/03/2011

Brussels, 16/03/2011 The European Private Company was first proposed by the European Commission in a draft Council Regulation on a Statute in 2008 as a measure designed to make it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises to do business in the Single Market.

Brussels, 14/03/2011

Brussels, 14/03/2011 To avoid that social issues are not scarified to the imperatives of the economy, the organisations believe that it is necessary to develop a strong riposte. Meeting the target of 75% of employment rate by 2020 requires taking into account persons with disabilities, who represent 15% of the working population of the EU. The framework agreement for the inclusive labour markets, signed by the European social partners on 25 March 2010, resulted to be a key instrument to achieve the targets of the EU 2020 Strategy.

Brussels, 11/03/2011

Brussels, 11/03/2011

Brussels, 10/03/2011 The ETUC is strongly opposed to the way the concept of EU economic governance is being developed and to the current proposals on the so-called “Competitiveness Pact”. European trade union movement finds it totally unfair that working people are paying for the follies of financial markets. The current proposals are to exert downward pressure on wages, to interfere in collective bargaining and the autonomy of the social partners. If this approach is confirmed, the whole concept of social Europe is being placed in increasing jeopardy.