• Letter to Prime Minister Kallas of Estonia on Platform Work Directive

    Letter to Prime Minister Kallas of Estonia on Platform Work Directive

    Dear Prime Minister Kallas, I am reaching out to you on behalf of working people and trade unions across Europe to ask you to support the Directive on Improving Working Conditions in Platform Work Your support, Estonia’s support, is the decisive factor for the adoption of the Directive. I understand that your government will decide closer to the vote in EPSCO on Monday 11th of March on its position.
    Document Published on 09.03.2024
  • Open letter to Bolt on Platform Work Directive
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    Open letter to Bolt on Platform Work Directive

    Brussels 06/03/2024   Dear Mr Arras, Dear Mr Pozzana,  Over the past two years, we have met on several occasions at events related to the advocacy for the Platform Work Directive. 
    Document Published on 07.03.2024
  • Forced military conscription in Myanmar: strong EU action demanded - Joint letter to the President of the European Council
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    Forced military conscription in Myanmar: strong EU action demanded - Joint letter to the President of the European Council

    Dear President, Dear members of the Permanent Representations to the EU, On 10 February, the military junta of Myanmar announced that they will begin mandatory military conscription. We, ETUC and all European Industry Federations (EIFs), completely oppose this shocking announcement and on behalf of workers and trade unions in Myanmar and their international trade union representation, we call on the EU Member States to agree on urgent EU action as soon as possible. 
    Document Published on 29.02.2024
  • Valencia Residential Building Fire: Letter of Condolences and Solidarity

    Valencia Residential Building Fire: Letter of Condolences and Solidarity

    Esther Lynch wrote to the Spanish trade unions expressing the condolences and solidarity of the ETUC for the residential building fire that took place in Valencia.  Dear colleagues, I am writing on behalf of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) to express our deepest condolences and unwavering solidarity in the wake of the tragic fire that recently struck a residential building in Valencia, Spain.
    Document Published on 24.02.2024
  • Letter to European Parliament President Roberta Metsola regarding Uber Files investigation

    Letter to European Parliament President Roberta Metsola regarding Uber Files investigation

    Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament Dragoş Pîslaru, Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs at the European Parliament Dear Ms Metsola, Dear Mr Pîslaru, Certainly, you are aware of the documents made available by different media revealing Uber’s lobbying malpractices towards the EU institutions and Member States.
    Document Published on 14.07.2022