They call them ‘low cost’ jobs – but they are low cost only for the workers. Thousands of people across Italy are being forced into arduous, low-paid work. According to research by Italian ...
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Europe’s persistent gender pay gap of 16.3% means that as from 3 November this year, women doing the same job as male colleagues are in effect working for nothing. Earning less simply because of ...
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The ETUC’s #ourpayrise campaign is highlighting the unacceptably low wages being imposed on workers across Europe, since the economic crisis took hold in 2008. A newly published study by ...
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By Frances O’Grady, TUC General Secretary British workers are still taking home pay packets that are worth less than their wages before the financial crisis. They have suffered the longest pay ...
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The ETUC’s Dutch affiliate FNV has set up a new website page to highlight the campaign for higher wages. As Europe recovers from the crisis, companies and shareholders are benefitting from ...
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A new survey of public opinion by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) reveals that almost three-quarters of respondents believe their governments should be taking action to secure ...
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Rising prices, inflation and the cost of living are the greatest worry facing individual Europeans today, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey of public opinion in the European Union. ...
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Industry in Bulgaria has one of the highest profit rates but pays some of the lowest salaries in the EU, according to research by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria ...
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A major round of collective bargaining is underway in Sweden, covering some 2.4 million blue collar, white collar and professional workers. Industrial unions have already signed a three-year ...
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The British TUC has been travelling up and down the country in advance of the UK elections, demanding a pay rise. The #payrise tour rolled into the north-east of England on 1 June, where TUC ...
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