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23/05/2018

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 ...

07/05/2018

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’ ...

30/04/2018

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 ...

23/03/2018

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 ...

07/03/2018

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 ...

21/02/2018

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 ...

19/02/2018

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 ...

14/02/2018

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 ...

12/02/2018

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 ...

21/01/2018

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 ...

Unjust pay rates can be deadly

Workplace Week – the workers have their say

Exploitation of freelance journalists is a threat to our democracy

Pay Transparency In Europe’s Companies

Caring cuts women’s incomes – a Work-Life Balance Directive would compensate

Romanian laws block collective bargaining and cut workers’ salaries

Does high education lead to a high salary?

Policy-makers start to recognise higher wages as an economic necessity

Time to share the benefits of Germany’s economic prosperity

What is Sweden’s high-wage secret?

"Croatian workers are diligent and wish to and can work a lot if they are properly paid for their work"

Josipa, hotel housekeeper

"If wages rise significantly the satisfaction of employees would increase as well -and i think the love for the country and our common home."

Martin, sales consultant

"Since workers are living on the edge, bigger income will be spent on basic goods to satify basic needs."

Mirsad, journalist

"If I would get a pay rise to expand even just a little bit our contacts with friends and even some weekend to get away from the big ciy. If I can dream a bit more, I'd expect to make some small improvements in our home."

Silvia, PA in a private company