Occupational cancers the maincause of work-related deaths Technological progress, new ways of organising work and sectoral shifts in the economy all call for a stronger focus on health and safety issues at the workplace. Figure 2.24 shows the number of deaths by occupational cancer in each EU... Find out more

Occupational cancers account for more than 100,000 deaths a year in the EU, yet these could be avoided by eliminating carcinogens in the production processes. This edited volume brings together the contributions of 28 experts for a review of the current state of knowledge on the issue, new... Find out more

Occupational cancers account for more than 100,000 deaths a year in the EU, yet these could be avoided by eliminating carcinogens in the production processes. This edited volume brings together the contributions of 28 experts for a review of the current state of knowledge on the issue, new... Find out more

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This book poster presents some key points of the topical publication assessing the implementation of the European Works Councils Recast Directive (2009/38/EC). The assessment was carried out in face of lack of the official mandatory evaluation by the European Commission and offers a critical... Find out more

If Europe’s economy is growing, why are workers not seeing the benefits? Against the background of the ongoing economic recovery and expanding employment, many observers have been wondering why wages have not been growing accordingly. The ETUI’s Benchmarking Working Europe 2019 examined this... Find out more

This article presents and discusses the rich palette that workers have to be informed, consulted and sometimes to exercise co-determination in company decisions. The Article was published in ETUI's 'Benchmarking Working Europe' series, edition 2017. A full infographic is forthcoming (2018). Author... Find out more

The European Trade Union Institute in cooperation with the the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) prepared this infographic (in two versions) to launch a call for the EU and national governments to do more to support workplace health and safety reps to tackle back, neck and shoulder pain... Find out more

The European Trade Union Institute in cooperation with the the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) prepared this infographic (in two versions) to launch a call for the EU and national governments to do more to support workplace health and safety reps to tackle back, neck and shoulder pain... Find out more

Principle 8 of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) contains the explicit commitment to encourage the collective bargaining actors ‘to negotiate and conclude agreements in matters relevant to them, while respecting their autonomy and the right to collective action’. But what does this mean in... Find out more