Unjust pay rates can be deadly
By Rory O’Neill Occupational health adviser, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Belgium Professor, University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice, UK Politicians of ...
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Workplace Week – the workers have their say
As part of the ETUC Pay Rise campaign, IndustriAll Europe and its affiliates are participating in the ‘Workplace Week’ from 7 – 11 May 2018. Throughout the week we will share workers’ ...
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Exploitation of freelance journalists is a threat to our democracy
By Renate Schroeder, Director, European Federation of Journalists The gap between the incomes of the diminishing number of journalists with stable contracts and the growing band of freelances in ...
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Pay Transparency In Europe’s Companies
By Christine Aumayr-Pintar, Research manager, Eurofound Measures to promote gender pay transparency haven’t been delivered yet in half of Europe – making EU level legislative action to speed up ...
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Caring cuts women’s incomes – a Work-Life Balance Directive would compensate
The European Commission’s proposed Work-Life Balance Directive would guarantee paid paternity leave, paid time off to care for family members, extended paid parental leave and the right to ...
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Romanian laws block collective bargaining and cut workers’ salaries
Interview with Petru Dandea, General Secretary, Cartel-ALFA In Romania, the law on trade union representation is so harsh that collective bargaining at national and sector levels is virtually ...
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Does high education lead to a high salary?
By Martin Jefflén, President, Eurocadres – Council of European Professional and Managerial Staff As a trade unionist representing professionals and managers, from to time I have reason to ...
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Policy-makers start to recognise higher wages as an economic necessity
By Sotiria Theodoropoulou, senior researcher, ETUI Economic recovery seems at long last to have taken off in Europe, reaching even those countries that suffered the most during the crisis. While ...
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Time to share the benefits of Germany’s economic prosperity
By Peter Scherrer, Deputy General Secretary, ETUC The German economy is flourishing, with growth expanding throughout 2017. Unemployment, at under 4%, has never been lower since German ...
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What is Sweden’s high-wage secret?
by Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson, President, Swedish Trade Union Confederation Inequality is bad for business. Many countries try to keep wages low to boost exports, but this strategy hurts global ...
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