EU risks triple dip recession and 3rd jobless peak
Bernadette Ségol warned European leaders ahead of the October EU Council that the EU is on the brink of a triple dip recession and a third unemployment peak. The only way out of the crisis is to restore demand, through a major programme of investment.
Bernadette Ségol was be the only trade unionist – and the only critical voice - to address an Italian EU Presidency ‘Dialogue on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership’ in Rome.
The ETUC welcomes two organisations from Serbia: NEZAVISNOST, the “Independence” Trade Union Confederation and CATUS, Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia, as full members of the ETUC.
Can the austerity measures be challenged in supranational courts?
The European sovereign debt crisis is having profound consequences for labour law and industrial relations systems of debt-affected member states.
"Nice words will not guarantee the new path for Europe that the ETUC is demanding. It is now time for the Commission to deliver".
The new public procurement Directive introduces some positive developments from the trade union perspective – among them a binding social clause.
The European sovereign debt crisis is having profound consequences for labour law and industrial relations systems of debt-affected member states.
