(3 November 2011) In a communication of 25 October the Commission sets out its new strategy to enhance Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). It sets out how enterprises can benefit from CSR as well as contributing to society as a whole by taking greater steps to meet their social responsibility. The Commission concluded earlier that CSR is most likely to contribute to the long-term success of the enterprise when it is fully integrated into business strategy. Enterprises should have a (...)
(26 October 2011) Along with the Congress ETUC organised a conference for European Works Councils (EWC’s) on 16-17 May this year. The conference was attended by around 120 representatives from EWC’s from all the different sectors and unions. It showed the huge variety of companies that trade unions and workers representatives are dealing with, all with their own characteristics. It also showed a wide variety of issues that EWC’s are dealing with and different ways of working that EWC’s have (...)
Workshop 1 - 18 and 19 October 2011, Brussels, ITUH room B
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(13 May 2011) The US workers of Honeywell facilities are in conflict with the company. Workers and their union were asked to accept a company proposal to eliminate retiree health care and pension plans for new hires. Workers would also have to pay more health care benefits. The company locked out most of the workers now for over 300 days. Representatives of the workers and their union met with Honeywell EWC and colleagues of the European Federations including EPSU. EPSU supports the action (...)
(26 April 2011) Norway is shaking from the most comprehensive case of social dumping in modern times. The recruitment agency Adecco was managing a total of five nursing homes in Norway. In all these homes, serious breaches of collective agreements and working hour regulations have been disclosed.
Employees from other countries were revealed to be working double, triple and even quadruple shifts, and having to use bomb shelters in basements for sleeping quarters. The employees were not (...)
(19 April 2011) On 13 April the European Commission adopted the Single Market Act
It identifies 12 projects for new growth. These twelve instruments of growth, competitiveness and social progress range from worker mobility to SME finance and consumer protection, via digital content, taxation and trans-European networks. ‘Their aim is to make life easier for everyone on the Single Market: businesses, citizens, consumers and workers’.
Although EPSU usually is sceptical about such words of (...)
(17 February 2011) At a meeting of EPSU EWC Coordinators, the state of play in transposition of the EWC recast directive into national legislation was discussed. It appeared that only five countries so far have transposed the directive into national law (Portugal, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, and Germany).
Deadline for transposition is 5 June 2011.
Member states have three possible ways to do this: by a legislative act (Portugal, Denmark); by agreement with social partners (Germany, (...)
(10 January 2011) GdfSuez is reorganizing its trading activities in different countries bringing them under one management. This has implications for many different workers. The EWC had earlier indicated it wanted guarantees for employment, recognition of impact moving can have on workers concerned and attention for the psycho-social issues that could arise. The EWC adopted its opinion, arguing it had explored and considered the dossier extensively. It noted that in some work places no (...)
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