This brochure from the ETUI takes stock of trade union participation in European standardization over the twenty years since the Machinery Directive was adopted. Since 1989, the ETUI has helped to develop ways and means by which to give workers an active say in technical standards development. It is... Find out more

This ETUI-Education guide for trade union trainers is arranged in three sections: the first comprises practical training methods based on the experience gained by trainers at national and European level; the second describes theories and notions associated with sustainable development and provides... Find out more

This third level of language learning materials is designed to improve the English ability of European trade unionists, who already have a good grasp of the language. It contains relevant reading, writing and listening activities and exercises based on authentic texts and situations within a trade... Find out more

The new Machinery Directive adopted in 2006 came into effect on 29 December 2009. It is a particularly complex piece of legislation that needs a route map through it in order to be implemented with proper regard for workers' safety. ETUI expert Stefano Boy analyses the new law's requirements on the... Find out more

This booklet sets out to help improve awareness of work-related reproductive hazards. They are a vast and complex mix of varied kinds running from chemicals, through ionizing radiation, vibration, heat, biological agents to stress and more. They also have a wide variety of effects, including male... Find out more

This fourth (and highest) level of language learning materials is designed to improve the English ability of European trade unionists, who already have a very good grasp of the language. It contains relevant reading, writing and listening activities and exercises based on authentic texts and... Find out more

This guide is intended first and foremost as a tool for activists, rather than as yet another document describing and comparing the various social protection systems that exist in the Europe of 27 Member States and 28, 29 or more in future. Based on the real situations faced by women and men... Find out more

These three letters - MSD - mask the leading cause of occupational illness in Europe. According to a wide European survey on working conditions, 25% of European workers suffer from back pain and 23% from muscular pain.These particularly incapacitating pathologies seriously undermine the physical and... Find out more

There were more than a million deaths from cancer in the European Union in 2006. A significant percentage of these deaths were caused by workers being exposed to carcinogens at the workplace. These include asbestos, of course, but also an endless number of toxic petrochemical substances or dust that... Find out more

This handbook aims to give an overview of the EU institutions and procedures involved in regulating health and safety at work, and the role of trade unions in relation to it. Depending on where their interests lie and what they already know about a given issue, readers can choose to explore the... Find out more