The marketing of chemicals - especially those that could harm human health - has been regulated by REACH since 1 June 2007. Not that implementing this law will automatically mean better prevention of workplace chemical risks. Real progress, which includes outlawing the most toxic chemicals from... Find out more

This publication summarizes the knowledge and experience accumulated during the six-year cooperation launched in 2004 by the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) with the intention of carrying out joint cross-border projects to improve the working... Find out more

This second level of language learning materials follows on from the basic level (1) and is designed to improve the English language ability of European trade unionists. It contains relevant reading, writing and listening activities and exercises based on authentic texts and situations within a... Find out more

This first level of language learning materials is designed to introduce European trade unionists to the English language and contains relevant reading, writing and listening activities and exercises based on authentic texts and situations within a trade union context. There are five units entitled... Find out more

Version 4 The Handbook has been revised in 2009 to take account of recent developments in EU policy affecting lifelong learning and of the new online application forms and submission procedures. This Handbook provides an introduction for trade unions to the European Union’s Lifelong Learning... Find out more

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