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Commenting on Jean-Claude Juncker’s State of the Union speech, Luca Visentini, General Secretary of the European Trade Union said “We strongly support President Juncker’s call for the Pillar of Social Rights to be put into EU law, but social justice deserved far more than one sentence in the Stat

Commission President Juncker's State of the Union speech is due to take place on Wednesday 12 September 2018, and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) urges him to deliver strong proposals on the future of Europe, to restore social justice, ahead of the EU elections.

The ETUC calls for pension savings to be fully protected in the proposal for Pan-European Personal Pension which will now go to negotiations between the EU Institutions, following the vote in the EP’s Economic Affairs Committee earlier this week.

Digitalisation and workers' participation - E.Voss report

Report for the final conference of the project "Workers' participation - a key to fair digitalisation" by Eckhard Voss of Wilke, Maack & Partners. Available in English, French, Polish, Spanish and Italian.

Collective voice in the platform economy

Report by Professor Jeremias Prassl of Oxford University for the final conference of the project "Worker participation: a key to fair digitalisation". Available in English, French, Italian and German

ETUC – CLC joint statement on the Sustainable Development Chapter in CETA Trade unions in the EU and Canada are united in our call for progressive trade deals that promote decent jobs, protect and enhance labour rights, protect public services and lead to fair distribution of wealth. We worked together throughout the negotiations on CETA to call for the deal to respect these objectives.

Letter sent to Saulius Skvernelis, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Subject: Lithuania needs a significant increase of the minimum monthly wage The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) supports the position of the Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation (LTUC/LPSK), which is its affiliate, and favours its aim to raise the minimum monthly wage in Lithuania by 50 instead of 20 euros.

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ETUC Position on a United Nations Treaty on Transnational Corporations Adopted at the Executive Committee on 25 – 26 June 2018

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Digitalisation and workers' participation: what trade unions and workers think

Collective voice in the platform economy: challenges, opportunities, solutions

ETUC – CLC joint statement on the Sustainable Development Chapter in CETA - 10 September 2018

ETUC letter: Lithuania needs a significant increase of the minimum monthly wage

ETUC Resolution on Priorities for the Coordination of Collective Bargaining and Wage Policies

ETUC Position on a United Nations Treaty on Transnational Corporations

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