Highlights
- The world(s) of work in transition
- The country-specific recommendations (CSRs) in the social field. An overview and comparison. Update including the CSRs 2018-2019
- The EU company law package: how it should be improved to strengthen workers' rights and avoid abuse through cross-border company mobility
- Multi-employer bargaining under pressure: decentralisation trends in five European countries
- The untapped possibilities of YouTube as a trade union tool
- Plus ça change… the Commission’s budget proposals for 2021-27
- Trade unions and Facebook: the need to improve dialogue and expand networks
- Developing workers’ education through social dialogue - realities and ways forward
Publication
10/2018
The report of the third joint ETUI-ETUC conference, held on 27-29 June 2018, summarises the three days of discussion that took place when over 500 delegates gathered in Brussels to debate the future of work. The ambition of the 2018 event was to analyse the impact of the four key ‘megatrends’ – globalization, climate change, digitalization and the demographic transition disrupting societies and economies.
Publication
09/2018
This paper provides an overview of the CSRs in the field of employment and social policies and, in particular, an update of previous similar ETUI research. It provides a brief ‘statistical’ comparison between the CSRs issued in 2018-2019 as adopted by Council in July 2018 and compares them to previous CSRs in the period from 2011 to 2017.
Publication
09/2018
The proposed EU company law package, which was published in April 2018 by the European Commission, seeks to encourage cross-border company mobility while at the same time protecting stakeholder interests. The ETUI’s GOODCORP network of company law experts has identified three areas where the package needs to be revised in the interests of protecting workers’ rights and discouraging corporate abuse and makes thirteen specific recommen...
Publication
Edited by 06/2018
This edited volume maps different trajectories in national collective bargaining systems in Europe since the Great Recession. Since the start of the crisis in 2008, wage setting and collective bargaining systems in many EU countries have been under tremendous pressure to follow the logic of companies and market imperatives. Fostering decentralization of collective bargaining has been one of the key objectives of the New European Econ...
Publication
08/2018
This policy brief examines how trade unions can use YouTube videos as a tool for organising and informing trade unionists and workers. Although often expensive to produce, YouTube content offers an effective way for trade unions to reach out to young people who are less likely to be union members.
Publication
07/2018
This policy brief evaluates the backdrop to the European Commission’s proposals for the EU’s coming seven-year budget round, or Multi-annual Financial Framework. As usual, the negotiations are a careful balancing act between net contributors to the EU budget and its main beneficiaries and are expected to extend well into 2019.
Publication
06/2018
This policy brief assesses the presence and the relationships brokered by trade union confederations through their online channels, in order to, first, find out who they are engaging with and, second, to consider whether these virtual connections have any implications for the wider discussion about union revitalisation.
Education
Madrid, Spain
ETUI training: Social Dialogue (SD) differs in member countries depending on their economy, legal system, unionisation and organised labour tradition. The 2008 crisis had a negative impact on social dialogue and collective bargaining at all levels, but the effects varied between countries: some of them were slightly undermined while others suffered severe dismantling and decentralising. Meanwhile, the demand for skilled and competent workers is increasing; it is therefore necessary to promote and strengthen collective bargaining and social dialogue involved in training as the tool that promotes learning and the development of workers in the new economies.
News
New EU Directive crucial for protecting vulnerable workers
22 October 2018The relentless rise of precarious employment in Europe is one of the challenges that the European trade union movement is trying to deal with at the European level. Various new forms of employment currently fall outside of the scope of protection offered by labour law, as they tend to blur the boundaries between the concepts of ‘worker’ and ‘self-employed’.
Gamification and Foresight: EDU days conference hears about ways of changing the present and preparing for the future
22 October 2018The need to prepare for a world of change and uncertainty was a key theme of the ETUI’s ‘EDU days 2018’ conference for trade union trainers held in Vilnius on 17-19 October. Over 70 participants from across Europe were briefed on future scenarios for the world of work from the ETUI’s Foresight Unit. They were also introduced to the concept of ‘gamification’ – using games as part of training courses to develop collaborative and strategic ways of working.
Follow LIVE the first day of the EDU Days online
15 October 2018
The EDU Days conference of the ETUI Education department is taking place from 17 to 19 October in Vilnius.
The sessions will be broadcasted live on this page.
Collective Bargaining September 2018
4 October 2018Find below the highlights of the latest issue of the Collective Bargaining newsletter with the most important developments at European and member state level over the last month:
2018 Prescrire Prize awarded to an ETUI publication
4 October 2018The ETUI was announced as one of the winners of the 2018 Prescrire Prize in Paris on Thursday, 4 October 2018 for its publication entitled ‘Endocrine disruptors: an occupational risk in need of recognition’. These awards have been given out every year since 1989 by the French journal Prescrire, renowned for its work on drug research and its independence from the pharmaceutical industry.
Experts tell ETUI seminar to expect tough choices in the next EU budget cycle
26 September 2018Against a backdrop of Brexit, the lingering effects of austerity and the rise of populism, the ETUI this week hosted an expert seminar on the European Commission’s proposals for the coming EU budget. The audience at the event was warned to expect difficult negotiations over national contributions and spending allocations. With little prospect of extra funding being made available to advance a more social Europe, trade unions would need to push to preserve and improve what is already in place.
‘Training through Gaming’: ETUI’s EduDays conference to showcase using video games as a training aid
24 September 2018Next month’s conference organised by the ETUI’s Education Department will show trade union trainers how video games can be a useful educational tool in preparing trainees for the workplace of the future. The EduDays 2018 conference, which takes place in Vilnius from 17-19 October, will include presentations and hands-on demonstrations from experts in the emerging field of using games to develop social and cognitive skills.
Publication of the month
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Endocrine disruptors: an occupational risk in need of recognition
This publication's aim is to raise the awareness of union officials and political decision-makers on workers' exposure to endocrine disruptors. A further aim is to draw attention to the gaps in European legislation on the prevention of this type of workplace risk. Read more
Video of the day
Education
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Course Florence, Italy, 14 Nov - 16 Nov 2018
Climate justice for all: Climate change and "Just Transition"
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Course on-line, 17 Sep - 26 Oct 2018
EWCs: the rules of the game
Events
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31
Oct31 Oct 2018
MSI, bd du Roi Albert II, 5, 1210 Bruxelles, salle de réunion ETUI 7ème étage; 12.30-14.00“Rights at Ryanair” : quelques repères sur la lutte du personnel de cabine de Ryanair
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22
Nov22 Nov 2018
ITUH, Bd du Roi Albert II, 5; 1210 Brussels, ETUI meeting room 7th floorBoosting unions’ participation to guarantee quality transitions and employment to young people in Europe
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4
Dec4 Dec - 5 Dec 2018
International Trade Union House (ITUH), Bd du Roi Albert II, 5; 1210 BrusselsConference Women, Work and Cancer
Past events
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27
Jun27 Jun - 29 Jun 2018
Hotel Thon Europe, 1040 Brussels, BelgiumETUC/ETUI conference: The World(s) of Work in Transition
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About ETUI
The European Trade Union Institute is the independent research and training centre of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) which itself affiliates European trade unions into a single European umbrella organisation. The ETUI places its expertise – acquired in particular in the context of its links with universities, academic and expert networks – in the service of workers’ interests at European level and of the strengthening of the social dimension of the European Union. Read more
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