Ahead of the European Parliament's International Trade Committee mission to Indonesia in mid-April, the ETUC with Dutch and Indonesian trade unions highlights remaining issues with workers' rights in the country and make recommendations which are especially relevant in view of the acceleration of EU negotiations on a trade agreement with Indonesia. 

Urgent message from the ETUC regarding the US Government letter “Certification regarding compliance with applicable federal anti-discrimination law” Dear Mr Norman Thatcher Scharpf, I am contacting you to ask for a meeting as a matter of urgency, to discuss the recent letter issued by the US to companies in Europe who have contracts with the US government. The letter requires companies to "not operate any programs promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion that violate any applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws”.

ETUC letter following the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu  Sent by e-mail to Ms Kaja Kallas High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission. Dear High Representative Kallas,  We would like to express our deepest concern about the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu - along with approximately 106 other municipal officials, as well as more than 1.000 people protesting.

Dear Environment Council Ministers, In advance of your meeting on 27 March to discuss the environmental dimension of the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), the European Trade Union Confederation urges you to seriously address two key issues: profound financial shortcomings and misguided deregulation. The CID marks a valuable first step, notably through its inclusion of social conditionalities linked to collective bargaining and demand-side measures, though these commitments need to be transformed into concrete commitments.

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Trade Union Federations (ETUFs) jointly condemn the European Commission’s Omnibus proposal, which constitutes a direct assault on corporate accountability, workers’ and trade union rights, and environmental protections. The European Parliament must reject this disastrous package and ensure that the core objectives of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) as well as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) and the protections provided therein are safeguarded from this deregulation agenda.

  ETUC Resolution on defending the rights of workers with disabilities Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 04-05 March 2025

Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 04-05 March 2025

Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 4-5 March 2025

Statement on Savings and Investments Union / Capital Markets Union Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 04-05 March 2025   What can the trade unions expect from the Savings and Investments Union (CMU) ?

  Resolution on the content of a Directive on the prevention of occupational heat risks Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 4-5 March 2025 Climate change is increasingly exposing workers to occupational heat stress, and this entails significant implications for their safety and health. 

Esther Lynch has written to António Costa, President of the European Council and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, ahead of the 6 March to reiterate the ETUC's call for the EU and governments to increase their efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace to be delivered together with Ukraine, and underscore the need for support for international law based on multilateralism and a stronger role for the E

  ETUC Resolution on labour market shortages: A Call for Quality Jobs for Cohesion and Inclusion  Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 04-05 March 2025

Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 04-05 March 2025

Dear Commissioner Dombrovskis,  I am contacting you to urge the European Commission and Member States to suspend the current economic governance rules, to provide scope to deal with the crisis that the EU is facing.  The recent announcement by President von der Leyen that she “will propose to activate the escape clause for defence investments” is a further confirmation that the rules are inadequate for the EU to invest in its future, in particular in this volatile environment. 

ETUC General Secretary has extended the condolences and solidarity of the ETUC to ver.di Munich, following an attack on a rally they held earlier today.

Dear Commission Executive Vice-Presidents Ms Ribera, Mr Séjourné and Ms Minzatu,

Dear President of the European Commission Ms von der Leyen, 

Discussed by ETUC’s “Training, VET and Skills Committee” on 23 October 2024    Background