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Social partner conference discusses restructuring in the electricity sector
(11 December 2008) The Conference presentations are now available on the public website of Eurelectric within the Events / [Past EURELECTRIC Events folder->http://www2.eurelectric.org/content/default.asp?PageID=705] (Login: restructuring; Password: electricity) (13 November 2008)
Working Time Directive: AK EUROPA and the Brussels Office of the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (ÖGB) successfully mobilize shortly before casting the vote in the European Parliament
[07-11-2008 - 08-11-2008] {{On 4.11.2008, exactly a day before casting the vote for the Working Time Directive in the second reading of the Employment Committee, AK EUROPA and the Brussels
Parliament backs action to protect collective agreements
The ETUC has welcomed the European Parliament’s vote last month in support of a report drafted by Jan Andersson (European Socialist Party) on challenges to collective agreements in the European Union. There was a large majority favour, including votes from the European People’s Party. Andersson’s report outlines the deep concerns about the rulings of the European Court of Justice in the Viking, Laval, Rüffert and Commission versus Luxembourg cases and emphasises that economic freedoms, such as the freedom to provide services, are not superior to fundamental rights, such as the right of trade
ETUC wants to see support for real economy
The ETUC has called on governments to adopt policies that will provide a boost to the real economy and not just to bail out the finance sector with an injection of capital. The Confederation is looking for a range of measures to increase economic activity and avoid the risk of deflation. It wants to see a quick and significant cut in interest rates and an increase in real wages rather than the kind of downwards wage flexibility that the European Central Bank and Eurogroup of finance ministers have been arguing for. The ETUC points out that precarious work, weakening workers’ bargaining
Don't miss out on this year's collective bargaining conference
Over 130 participants from 24 countries have already registered for this year’s conference on collective bargaining and social dialogue. The meeting will take place in Brussels on 9-10 December looks as though it will be the best attended for some time. Support from the European Commission means that we can offer some financial help to participants from the New Member States and Candidate Countries. There are still a few countries where affiliates have yet to register any participants and we would encourage them to send in their forms as soon as possible. [Read more in 10 languages at > EPSU-