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Today the European Parliament Employment Committee voted to adopt a report on the proposal for a new EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions.

To be checked against delivery Dear President Tusk, dear President Juncker, dear Chancellor Kurz, Dear Vice President, Commissioner, Ministers, authorities and colleagues,

Joint ETUC-IndustriAll Europe-Cefic-ECEG press release The chemical industry and trade unions today agreed on the future framework to further protect EU workers from the risks associated with exposure to substances toxic to reproduction at the workplace.

Trade Unions protecting Self- Employed Workers

22 million workers in the EU (10% of the total) are self-employed and have no employees. Across Europe, self-employed workers often have fewer rights than employees. For instance, in some countries they have no right to join a trade union and to benefit from union protection and support. This brochure gives an overview about: Why self-employed workers need better rights? What unions are doing? Which priorities for the future? Link to Report

A new free online course which aims to explain the complex world of standards in clear and simple terms has been launched. It is designed to be used by everyone, regardless of their level of knowledge or their background.

Organising and protecting atypical workers better – especially self-employed workers – is an ETUC commitment.This research shows that union membership for the self-employed is widely accepted among ETUC affiliated organisations. Contrary to those who claim that trade unions are rigid organisations rooted in the industrial fabric of the last (or even 19th) century, this is a(nother) sign that unions are adapting to the dynamics of the labour market and do seek to better defend the rights of workers.

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is aware of pressure from the European Commission on Switzerland to use the current negotiations on a new framework agreement with the EU as an attempt to dismantle “accompanying measures”, introduced to protect posted workers and Swiss workers from social dumping and undercutting of wages.

The UnionMigrantNet is a European network of contact points providing services to migrants, established, managed and supported by trade unions.

The LABOUR-INT project aims to promote employment as a key part of the integration process of asylum-seekers and refugees in society. Building on the interest and capacities of businesses, chambers of industry and commerce, trade unions and migrant associations, it promotes multi-layered integration paths, from arrival up to the workplace. If you would like to know more about the LABOUR-INT project, please click here.

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Since the start of the crisis, the European Union has demonstrated its growing power over countries that use the single currency. But even outside the Eurozone, EU Member States face the same challenges and are becoming increasingly interdependent. Climate change, energy supply, worker mobility and migration are among the issues that cannot be tackled by individual nations.

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Protection for Vulnerable Workers One Step closer

Austrian Presidency of the EU - Tripartite Social Summit: speech of Luca Visentini

Chemical industry and workers call on the European Commission to update EU rules on reprotoxic substances at the workplace

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Trade Unions protecting self-employed workers- Brochure

Societal stakeholders and standards - New eLearning tool on standardization

Trade Unions protecting self-employed workers

ETUC Statement: The ETUC supports Swiss unions in their fight for wage and labour protection measures!

UnionMigrantNet Brochure

LABOUR-INT: Integration of migrants and refugees in the labour market- Brochure

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The ETUC takes action in a number of ways: through political pressure and negotiations with EU institutions, social dialogue, and large-scale demonstrations.