Youth committee

The ETUC has a Youth Committee composed of young representatives from all ETUC affiliate organisations. Every two years, the committee elects the members of its Executive Committee (bureau), respecting a geographical distribution. The bureau coordinates activities and represents the committee at different events.

It aims to make the voice of young European workers and unemployed heard inside the trade union movement and wider society (among policy-makers at EU, national and local levels, employers’ organisations, NGOs and other stakeholders).

The European Youth Employment Policy Paper (adopted by the Youth Committee in 2015) summarises the views and recommendations of the European youth workforce represented by the ETUC Youth Committee on a series of topics. It outlines the realities facing young workers concerning working conditions, and transitions from the educational system to the labour market or further education (traineeships, apprenticeships, dual learning, entrepreneurship and mobility).

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  • 13.03.2019 Event

    May 20th, Vienna: The future of trade unions in Europe – young, digital and organized

    Brussels, April 10th 2019 To: Members of the ETUC Youth Committee This is a reminder of the circular sent on March 13th and April 2nd. Dear colleagues, The day before the start of ETUC Congress, the ETUC - Youth Committee with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation organises the seminar "The future of trade unions in Europe – young, digital and organized", which will take place in the hotel Austria Trend Ananas on May 20th from 16h00 to 18h00. The seminar will be followed by a reception until 19:00.
  • 17.12.2018 Publication

    Boosting unions’ participation to guarantee quality transitions and employment to young people in Europe

    Cover of the report "Boosting unions’ participation to guarantee quality transitions and employment to young people in Europe"
    This report of the ETUC and its Youth Committee contributes to the following aims: Need for a pool of systematic knowledge on what is happening at European and national levels in implementation of EU youth employment policies, with a focus on trade union involvement; provision of comparable cross-national information on existing practices of trade union involvement in EU youth employment policies; creation of a practical toolbox (recommendations) on trade union involvement in youth employment policies.
  • 25.06.2018 Circular

    FOR INFO: ETUC Gender Equality Survey 2018

    Brussels, 25 June 2018 To all ETUC Member Organisations To the Members of the ETUC Women's Committee To the Member of the ETUC Youth Committee Dear colleagues, please find attached the report of this year ETUC Gender Equality Survey. The first part of the report looks at trends in female trade unions' membership and in unions' decision-making positions among ETUC confederations and ETUFs.
  • 12.12.2017 Press release

    Viktória Nagy elected ETUC Youth President

    Today, the Youth Committee elected Viktória Nagy as President of the Youth Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). "Despite economic growth all over Europe, workers are still looking for their recovery from the crisis” said Viktória Nagy, “and too many young people are trapped in precarious jobs. Zero-hour contracts, sub-minimum wages and unpaid traineeships must end."
  • 11.07.2017 Page

    Young people and the youth pay gap

    Young people and the youth pay gap Young people earn below the average wage in all EU countries. But in some the gap is much wider than in others, and is growing alarmingly.  In 2014, the under-30s earned on average 74% of the overall standard wage.  But since 2006, that proportion has fallen by two percentage points or more in 16 EU countries: Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Spain, France, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden. 
  • 06.04.2017 Press release

    EU policy-makers should not confuse volunteering and youth employment

    Participation in the new European Solidarity Corps must be clearly distinguished from the long-term employment of young people, insists the ETUC Youth Committee, in advance of today’s decision in the European Parliament, and a stakeholder forum on 12 April. MEPs vote on a resolution aimed at strengthening the European Solidarity Corps (ESC), while warning against blurring the distinction between volunteering and quality jobs for young people.  The ETUC welcomes and supports this approach. 
  • 28.10.2016 Publication

    3 Years of Youth Guarantee: What next ? A follow-up report by the ETUC Youth Committee

    The Youth Guarantee (YG) is, at the moment of writing this follow-up report, high in the agenda of the European institutions. Indeed, important decisions are being taken regarding the future of the measure, its future funding and further implementation. The ETUC pushed EU institutions for the launch of the Youth Guarantee and welcomed its implementation. The establishment of such a guarantee in Europe was advocated by the ETUC and the ETUC Youth Committee as early as 2009 in its call “Towards a new social deal in Europe: Fight the crisis, put people first”.
  • 23.04.2016 Document

    Candidate to the English-speaking region of the ETUC - Youth Committee

    Dear colleagues, In the attachements below, you will find the documents of Kristina Van der Mollen for her candidacy as responsible of the English-speaking region to the Youth Committee. Her election will take place during the meeting of the ETUC - Youth Committee of June 24th. Fraternal greetings,   Nacho.
  • 15.12.2015 Press release

    ETUC Youth Committee has a new face

    Today, Tom Vrijens was elected President of the Youth Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). ETUC Youth Committee elected its President and its ‘bureau’, the governing body which steers political decisions.  
  • 06.11.2015 Document

    Composition of the ETUC Statutory Bodies and of the Vice-Presidents

    Composition of the ETUC Statutory Bodies Election of the Vice-Presidents Adopted at the ETUC Executive Committee on 28-29 October 2015   1.    MEMBERS OF THE ETUC STEERING COMMITTEE Elected on the Executive Committee 2 October 2015 MEMBERS OF THE ETUC STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBRES DU COMITE DE DIRECTION October 2015 – May 2019   MEMBRES EX-OFFICIO – EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS President – Président
  • 24.06.2015 Press release

    Creating quality jobs for young people

    Source: ETUC
    Today, the European Youth Forum and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), during their joint conference on youth employment at the European Economic and Social Committee, called for good quality jobs for young people.
  • 06.01.2015 Circular

    ETUC/ETUI report "The Youth Guarantee in Europe"

    ETUC/ETUI report "The Youth Guarantee in Europe"
    Brussels, January the 6th 2015   Dear colleagues, We hope these lines find you well. Hereby we share with you the ETUC/ETUI report "The Youth Guarantee in Europe", the research developed by Margherita Bussi. This report has been undertaken within the framework of the project "For Quality Measures in Youth Employment!".
  • 24.06.2014 Page

    ETUC Youth Committee declaration on the results of EU Elections in view of the EU Council on 27 June

    Meeting of the ETUC Youth Committee, 24 June 2014 
 
 Young Europeans have been severely affected by the austerity policies implemented at national level, in particular in the countries under the Troika. Unemployment, precariousness, growing exclusion from social protection and education, discrimination and uncertainty are on the rise across Europe and are a clear threat to the well-being of younger generations and Europe’s future. 
 
  • 30.09.2013 Page

    13. Specific groups of interest

    The ETUC makes special arrangements to consult and represent the interests of young people and women, through its Youth Committee and Women’s Committee, the implementation of Equality Plans, and a policy of ‘mainstreaming’ gender equality into all ETUC decisions and activities. The ETUC also convenes the ITUCs Coordinating Committee, which comprises the Presidents of the ITUCs and contributes to formulating ETUC policies, especially those relating to the welfare of workers in border regions.

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