The 19th ETUI annual seminar on workers’ protection and chemicals was held in Brussels on 27-28 June 2023. It brought together some thirty trade unionists from 15 European countries to coordinate trade union action on the prevention of chemical risks at work. The participants discussed the state of... Find out more

We would like to inform about the forthcoming EWC-focused training events scheduled for this calendar year: 6-8 Sept, Bilbao, Psychosocial risks as a topic for EWCs (with OSHA visit) 20-21 Sept, Brussels, UNI Europa training for EWC new membres (Uni Europa HQ) 18-20 Oct, Vienna, IndustriAll EWC... Find out more

This triple edition of our newsletter is also my last one as General Director of the ETUI. I am exceedingly grateful to have led this wonderful team of researchers, trainers, and communication, publication, finance and administrative staff for the last fifteen years, which have coincided with a very... Find out more

The update of the European Job Quality Index (JQI) reveals some worrying developments, with several well-performing countries noting a drop to the bottom of the country ranking such as, for instance, Greece, Spain and France in terms of working conditions. As recent debates in France have shown... Find out more

Germany: ver.di approves public service collective agreement The trade union ver.di’s Federal Collective Bargaining Commission for the Public Sector (BTK öD) with a large majority approved the collective bargaining result for the approximately 2.5 million employees in the federal and municipal... Find out more

From May 23rd-May 26th the ETUI team was out in force in Berlin, Germany, supporting the ETUC-CES at their 15th Congress. Throughout the week, national trade union delegates, general secretaries and presidents of Trade Union Organisations and European trade union federations, and special guests who... Find out more

On the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is calling on the Commission to adopt binding legislation to prevent psychosocial risks at work. Over the past twenty years, we have witnessed an increase in psychosocial risks in the... Find out more

On 28 September 2022, the European Commission published a proposal to revise the Asbestos Directive, lowering the occupational exposure limit value (OELV) from 100,000 to 10,000 fibres/m³. Tony Musu, the ETUI expert following the asbestos dossier, found the proposal disappointing : "The proposed... Find out more

Denmark: n ew collective agreement for private sector approved A new collective bargaining agreement was approved by trade union members, securing employment conditions for around 600,000 private sector workers for the coming years. Around 79% of the union members who voted did so in favour of the... Find out more

On the 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, the Make Amazon Pay coalition is urging Amazon to sign the International Accord for health and safety in the textile and garment industry. The International Accord is a legally binding agreement between more than 200 garment brands and... Find out more