ETUC urges the Danish public employers to ensure unrestricted collective bargaining and withdraw threat of lockout.   Dear Colleagues, The ETUC supports your demands and struggle to win fair wage growth in the public sector, reflecting the wage development in the private sector.  We also support your call for a collective agreement to regulate the teachers working hours.

Strategy for more democracy at work ETUC Resolution adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 7- 8 March 2018   Political background

  EU PRIORITIES ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING POST 2020 – TOWARDS A EUROPEAN RIGHT TO TRAINING FOR ALL   Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 7-8 March, 2018       A skilled workforce is one of the main assets of the European social and economic model. Education contributes to boosting economic growth and increase productivity and wages.

Gender-Based Violence at Work and at Home– A Trade Union Issue Adopted at the Executive Meeting of 13 and 14 December 2017 Introduction

ETUC Resolution on the future partnership between the UK and the EU Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 13-14 December 2017 Current situation

  Defining Quality Work: An ETUC action plan for more and better jobs (ETUC Resolution) Adopted at the ETUC Executive Committee on 13-14 December 2017   Introduction

ETUC Resolution adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 25-26 October 2017    

Brussels, 2 November 2017 To the Executive Committee To the TUSLO       ETUC FOR GROWTH AND SOCIAL PROGRESS. EARLY STAGE INPUTS FOR BROAD ECONOMIC GUIDELINES 2018 Adopted at the Executive Committee on 25 – 26 October 2017   EURO AREA RECOMMENDATIONS

Brussels, 30 October 2017.    8th European Union, Latin America and Caribbean Trade Inion Meeting and Panama Declaration The 8th EU-CELAC Trade Union Meeting, organised by the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), and held in Panama, publishes its Panama Declaration here.  

ETUC Resolution on the follow-up of the Paris agreement on climate change - ETUC views on COP 23 Adopted at the Executive Meeting of 25-26 October 2017 Don’t lose Paris sense of urgency!

ETUC Resolution on Fixing the Social Foundation – ETUC Statement on the need for a Social Protocol  Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 25-26 October 2017   Introduction

The ETUC Roadmap for the Future of Europe Adopted at the Executive Committee of 13 and 14 June 2017   Background On 1 March 2017, the President of the European Commission launched a reflection on the Future of Europe, involving the EU 27 Member States after Brexit, by publishing a White Paper to be followed by a series of Reflection Papers.

The European Trade Union Confederation celebrated the 2017 World Pride at a trade union conference, hosted and co-organised by the Spanish trade unions CC.OO and UGT, on ‘The Rights of LGBTQI* People in the Workplace’, which took place on 29-30 June. The conference was an opportunity for the ETUC and its affiliated organisations, represented via the LGBTQI* rights trade union network, to strengthen their cooperation in the fight for human rights, trade union rights and equality for all workers.

ETUC Resolution for an EU progressive trade and investment policy Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 13-14 June 2017  

As part of the follow-up to the ETUC Congress engagements towards the promotion of women within its membership and decision-making structures, in 2017 the ETUC carried out the tenth edition of its Annual Gender Equality Survey (previously known as the 8th March survey). The aim of this survey is to monitor the proportion of women in the European trade union movement, including in decision-making positions and bodies. The objective is to assess progress in reducing the representation and decision-making gap between women and men in trade unions.

SAFE AT HOME, SAFE AT WORK Trade union strategies to prevent, manage and eliminate work-place harassment and violence against women

20 JULY - UPDATED VERSION  ETUC Mid-Term Conference – Rome, 29-31 May 2017 THE ETUC ‘ROME DECLARATION’ Declaration adopted at the ETUC Mid-Term Conference in Rome on 29-31 May 2017.   It is ten years since the financial crisis of 2007-2008. 

French presidential elections are crucial not only for France but for the whole of Europe. France has always been at the heart of the European Union, and the risk of a French President who is opposed to the EU and who calls into question France’s membership of the Euro and the European Union, is very worrying. The European Trade Union Confederation supports the European integration and calls for a more just, social, inclusive and democratic Europe.

The ETUC stands firmly against social dumping and for a fair internal market Adopted at the Executive Meeting of 15 and 16 March   The Executive committee of the ETUC in its meeting on the 15 & 16 of March in Malta discussed the new Services Package, including the European Services e-Card, as presented by the European Commission on the 10th of January.

  Whistleblowing and protection from blacklisting Adopted at the Executive Committee on 14-15 December 2016 Introduction Whistleblowing is a fundamental aspect of freedom of expression and therefore of democracy. Yet wRecent cases have highlighted the need for protection for whistleblowers and have reinforced the ETUC demands for full coverage protection at EU level.