• ETUC Resolution - Solidarity for Greece

    ETUC Resolution - Solidarity for Greece

    Brussels, 09-10/03/2010 The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Executive Committee members attending the meeting of 9 & 10 March 2010, express their solidarity with the President of the Greek Confederation of Labour, GSEE, Yannis Panagopoulos, who was brutally attacked by perpetrators alien to the trade union movement. They note with concern that such condemnable actions inevitably bring to mind the rise of fascism and hope that the democratically elected Greek Government will swiftly bring the culprits to justice.
    Document Published on 11.03.2010
  • Resolution on the ETUC and the Lisbon Treaty

    Resolution on the ETUC and the Lisbon Treaty

    Brussels, 01-02/12/2009 {{ }}1. On 1st December 2009, the new Lisbon Treaty came into force. The new Treaty is a better one than the current provisions of the Nice Treaty but it does little to advance social progress.
    Document Published on 03.12.2009
  • The coordination of collective bargaining 2007

    The coordination of collective bargaining 2007

    Brussels, 07-08 December 2006 1. The need to strengthen the European dimension of collective bargaining: Wages and working conditions under pressure from the European Economic Model
    Document Published on 19.12.2006
  • Tackling climate change: A social priority - Avenues for action

    Tackling climate change: A social priority - Avenues for action

    Brussels, 18-19 October 2006 Introduction 1. With both the Kyoto Protocol and the European CO2 emissions allowance system due to end in 2012, the European Commission has started to reflect on a future EU strategy for tackling climate change. A green paper is expected at the end of the year. 2. In this resolution, ETUC affirms its support for an ambitious European policy to tackle climate change, outlines the principles that must guide a future European strategy and sets priority areas where action is required.
    Document Published on 23.10.2006
  • ETUC Resolution 'Mid-term review of the ETUC equality plan 2003–2007'

    ETUC Resolution 'Mid-term review of the ETUC equality plan 2003–2007'

    Brussels, June 2006 Introduction As expressed in ‘ETUC's vision of Europe’, adopted by the 10th Congress in Prague 2003, the ETUC is committed to Paragraph h on gender equality and should: - (point 16) Demand the inclusion of gender equality among the fundamental values of the EU and its inclusion in the shared competences of the EU;
    Document Published on 09.06.2006