Tag: Trade Unions

Trade unions in the EU institutions warned they could go on strike next week, threatening to disrupt a European summit on 27-28 June if the European Commission doesn’t withdraw a proposed reform of staff regulations. Trade unions say the Commission is keeping EU officials in the dark about the latest developments in the negotiations.

Workers in EU institutions are preparing to go on strike on 5 June if the European Council, where member states sit, get the upper hand in a proposed reform of the institutions’ staff regulations. Trade unions described the Council position as the “most serious attack” on civil servants’ incomes the EU has ever seen.

Unions representing airline pilots and flight attendants plan a European-wide demonstration on Tuesday (22 January) against proposed EU regulations on flight duty times, though officials say the action is unlikely to disrupt travel.

Trade unions say the European Commission's new industrial policy must be followed up with concrete actions.

Yes, European countries have to cut public spending in order to put their finances back in shape. But this should not compromise essential public services such as education, health care or tax collection, writes Klaus Heeger of the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI).

European trade union leader John Monks is calling for a more ambitious EU plan to invest in green industries and jobs. He spoke to EurActiv ahead of a European summit this week (11-12 December), at which EU leaders are expected to adopt a Europe-wide fiscal stimulus to fight the economic crisis.

As trade union members gathered in their thousands to demand wage rises in the face of rising prices, EU finance ministers warned that excessive pay hikes risked fuelling spiralling inflation.