Brussels, 03–04/12/2008

Brussels, 4–5 March 2008 On 17 October 2007, the Commission published a new Communication, entitled Modernising social protection for greater social justice and economic cohesion: taking forward the active inclusion of people furthest from the labour market (COM (2007) 620 final), thus launching a second consultation phase of the social partners.

Brussels, 2008 This leaflet is the outcome of the EC funded project ‘Extending equality’ that ETUC carried out in partnership with the European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA-Europe) in 2008.

Brussels, 25/11/2008 Violence against women and girls is perhaps the most pervasive human rights violation that we know today, it devastates lives, fractures communities, and stalls development. It is a major global problem, with many institutional, legal and cultural obstacles to its elimination. Women and girls experience gender-based violence in every country and in every sector of society – regardless of class, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation or culture.

Brussels, 04-05/03/2008

Brussels, 03/10/2008

Brussels, 16 September 2008 The convening of this summit reflects a new awareness of the social exclusion and discrimination against Roma in Europe. The European trade union movement has always spoken out forcefully against all discrimination.

Brussels, July 2008

2008

Brussels, 11/07/2008 In its Executive Committee of 25 June 2008 the ETUC adopted a resolution committing ETUC and its member organisations to step up their actions and activities to reduce the gender pay gap. The ETUC has already included its reduction as one important goal of its 2008 Fair Wages campaign.

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Brussels, June 2008

Brussels, 18/06/2008 The ETUC has strong concerns that several provisions of the Council Common Position run counter to basic fundamental rights. In particular, provisions relating to the length of the detention, the 5 year re-entry ban on the territory and forced returns to countries other than the country of origin are in its view unacceptable. The ETUC has expressed its concerns about the repressive nature of the Directive and has urged the Parliament to at least establish acceptable norms in terms of the protection of migrants’ human rights.

Brussels, 18/06/2008

Brussels, April 2008

Brussels, 10/04/2008 In its response to the Commission’s consultation, it argued in favour of a broad initiative that would include discrimination on grounds of age, sexual orientation and religion. This would, in the ETUC’s view, be a clear case of ‘better regulation’ to avoid different rules governing different grounds of discrimination, giving rise to legal and practical inconsistencies, which could cause problems especially in situations of multiple discrimination.

Ljubljana, 5/04/2008 To be checked against delivery President, Dusan, friends. Europe’s workers need a pay rise. Europe’s workers deserve a pay rise. And Europe’s workers are going to fight for a rise. That is our message to Europe’s leaders today. We cannot any longer tolerate declining purchasing power and real wages that do not match productivity growth. We cannot any longer stand by and watch the rich getting richer and poor getting poorer.

2008

Brussels, 06/03/2008 The aim of this survey is to assess progress in reducing the gender representation gap in trade unions and to highlight successful gender-mainstreaming activities within ETUC-affiliated organisations.

Brussels, 05-06/12/2007 1. Introduction This position builds on previous ETUC resolutions and positions on this issue, adopted since its Prague congress 2003, including the: •  Action Plan October 2003; •  ETUC response to the Green Paper on an EU approach to managing economic migration in March 2005; •  Transitional measures, December 2005;

Brussels, 05-06/12/2007 {{Putting the quality of employment at the heart of the new integrated guidelines The good news }}

2007 Conciliation entre vie professionnelle, privée et familiale : un objectif clé du mouvement syndical européen

2007 Reconciling professional, private and family life: a key objective for the European trade union movement

Brussels, 23/10/2007 The ETUC is in favour of a comprehensive policy at EU level on migration, integration and development, offering legal channels for migration at all skills levels, while at the same time rigorously applying and enforcing labour standards and guaranteeing equal treatment with local workers.

Brussels, July 2007