Brussels, 27 April 2016
Open letter to the Members of the Legal Affairs Committee
Cc: Commissioner Jourovà
Re: SUP - "the European Panama"
Dear Member of the European Parliament,
Dear colleagues,
In the attachements below, you will find the documents of Kristina Van der Mollen for her candidacy as responsible of the English-speaking region to the Youth Committee.
Her election will take place during the meeting of the ETUC - Youth Committee of June 24th.
Fraternal greetings,
Nacho.
Letter for the attention of Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission
Brussels, 5 April, 2016
Commission proposal on disclosure of income tax information by certain multinational corporations
Dear President Juncker,
Brussels, 19 April 2016
JOINT STATEMENT FROM ETUC AND CLC
The CETA: where we are at and what needs to be changed
When Canada and Europe set out to negotiate a free trade agreement a few years ago, there were high hopes that this exercise might lead to a new “gold standard” in this area: an agreement that would show it is possible to deepen trade links while maintaining and increasing social, labour and environmental standards.
Brussels 18 April 2016
To Executive Committee Members
For Information to ETUC Member organisations
Occupational health and safety management systems - requirements with guidance for use (Resolution on ISO DIS 45001)
Brussels, 19 January 2016
ETUC letter of support to Philippe Martinez, General Secretary of CGT French Union
Dear Philippe,
The ETUC is gravely concerned about the sentences handed down by the court of Amiens on 12 January for the eight former Goodyear workers. 24 months in prison, of which 9 months are mandatory, is unprecedented. It severely punishes workers who fought for nearly 7 years to save their jobs on their territory.
ETUC Economic Policy Committee
Statement to the Macroeconomic dialogue at technical level
Brussels, 19 January 2016
The ETUC Economic Policy Committee met in Brussels on 19 January 2016 in order to prepare the Macroeconomic dialogue technical meeting.
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.
Statement from the ETUC Mobility, Migration and Inclusion Committee
Stop discriminating against refugees on grounds of nationality!
The ETUC has received information from informal and informal sources around the so-called ‘Balkan route’ of entry to the EU that since 19 November 2015, the states of FYROM Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia have been allowing only Syrians, Iraqis and Afghanis to enter their countries.
We, the European trade union movement, stand in solidarity with the people of France, and the French trade unions following the murderous attacks on innocent people in Paris.
We, trade unions throughout Europe, condemn without reservation these barbaric murders. There can be no justification for the deliberate, cold-blooded taking of people’s lives, for causing injury and trauma, for bringing grief to the family and friends of the victims.
We commend the bravery of the police, security and emergency services, and ordinary citizens, during and after the attacks.
The ITUC and the ETUC wish to offer a contribution to the Valletta Summit through this joint statement. This contribution complements and integrates positions that the ITUC and ETUC have repeatedly issued for a rights-based approach to migration and asylum in Europe and worldwide.
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.
Role of the ETUC 2015/2019 - follow-up: ETUC/EESC Workers' Group cooperation (resolution)
Adopted at the ETUC Executive Committee on 28-29 October 2015
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.
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.