ETUC calls for working time enforcement

European trade unions are mobilising for a demonstration in Strasbourg on 16 December, the day before the European Parliament votes on revisions to the Working Time Directive. The ETUC and its affiliates are calling on the European Parliament to follow its employment committee and adopt the report of Spanish MEP Alejandro Cercas. The Cercas report proposes only a limited period for countries to opt out of the directive’s 48-hour week maximum and for on-call time at work to be counted as working time. This is in opposition to the European Council’s support in June this year for a revised