Collective bargaining and wage growth
The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) has published a new analysis of developments in collective wage agreements across Europe in 2016. Wages ...
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Young women and young migrants need a pay rise
By Viktória Nagy and Rune Bugten, ETUC Youth Committee Vice-Presidents Europe does not yet offer equal opportunities in the labour market for all young people. When it comes to getting a good job ...
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Young workers need a pay rise
By Tom Vrijens, President of ETUC Youth Committee Young workers need a pay rise. Of course, all workers deserve a pay rise, but young workers suffer specific difficulties that put them in even ...
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Young people and the youth pay gap
Pay Rise Campaign – Briefing Note Young people and the youth pay gap Young people earn below the average wage in all EU countries. But in some the gap is much wider than in others, and is ...
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Not greedy, just fair
By Esther Lynch, ETUC Confederal Secretary When they demand pay rises, workers and trade unions are all too often described as greedy – but nothing could be further from the truth. Pay rises are ...
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The European Social Pillar and Wages – en route to a European Minimum Wage Policy?
By Thorsten Schulten and Torsten Müller On 26 April, the European Commission launched its proposal for a European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) as one of its flagship initiatives to strengthen ...
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Young people in traineeships
Pay Rise Campaign – Briefing paper Young people in traineeships Traineeships are supposed to ease the path from education to work, and should have a strong training or learning element. In ...
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ETUC pay rise campaign is a mark of European solidarity
By Jean-Claude Mailly, General Secretary, Force Ouvrière, France Trade unions affiliated to the European Trade Union Confederation have launched campaigns, in each country, for a general increase ...
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Young people and precarious work
Pay Rise Campaign – Briefing Paper Young people and precarious work Young people are much more likely than older people to be in precarious work. Fixed-term contracts have increased rapidly ...
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The answer is wages, not capital
By Professor Jordi Angusto As in any other religion, faith lies behind capitalism. Faith that capital is a panacea always and in any situation: to push economic growth or to help less developed ...
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