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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Visegrad trade unions call for higher wages
Statement Meeting of trade union leaders of the Visegrad countries Budapest, 10-11 May 2018 Trade union confederation leaders of the Visegrad countries, CMKOS, ÉSZT, Liga Szakszervezetek, MASZSZ, ...
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OPZZ Congress to call for a pay rise in Poland
Poland needs a pay rise! That is the slogan of the ninth Congress of the ETUC’s largest Polish affiliate OPZZ (All Poland Alliance of Trade Unions), which takes place on 24-25 May. The theme of ...
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Action for fair and equal pay in Norway, UK and Ireland
Norwegian journalists working for the country’s national broadcaster NRK have launched strike action to back their claim for an overall pay rise and equal treatment for temporary and freelance ...
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British trade unions find more children are victims of in-work poverty
There are now 1 million more children growing up in poverty in the UK than in 2010 – and two-thirds of them are in working families. A new study commissioned by the TUC in Britain shows how ...
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Unions gain a share of German economic recovery
Public sector workers and civil servants belonging to the German Ver.di trade union are celebrating a major collective bargaining breakthrough with a new pay deal offering increases of 7.5% over ...
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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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Danish unions hold out for “excellent” pay deal
Unions representing some 800,000 public sector workers at state, regional and municipal level in Denmark have secured a series of new collective agreements with an overall pay rise of 8.1% over ...
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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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Working people in 9 countries still worse off than before crisis!
Working people in 9 EU countries are earning less in 2017 than they did in 2010! The countries are Italy, UK, Spain, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Finland, Croatia and Cyprus. Working people in 6 of ...
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