EC Social Agenda




Failure to support workers is turning people against EU, TUC & FPC warn

Attempts to undermine the employment rights of working people in the face of massive austerity could lead to the European Union losing the support of its citizens, the TUC and Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) will tell the EU Commissioner for Employment a...

10 February 2012
Act now for a fair EU investment policy!

The European Parliament is about to vote on a new set of rules for investors when operating abroad. Please sign this petition to let Brussels know that we want a balanced EU investment policy for decent work and sustainable development.

2 March 2011
TUC message to EU Spring Summit: we need jobs and social justice

TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has written to the Prime Minister ahead of the European Union summit later this month urging him to support the European Trade Union Confederation's statement to Europe's leaders. The statement stresses the need t...

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12 March 2010
Social partner guidance on harassment and violence at work

The TUC has teamed up with the CBI and PPE (public sector employers) to launch joint guidance on preventing workplace harassment and violence, implementing an EU social partners agreement signed in 2007. The joint guidance is also endorsed by ACAS, B...

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18 November 2009
Preventing workplace harassment and violence

Speech by TUC Deputy General Secretary Frances O'Grady at the launch of the joint social partner guidance on preventing workplace harassment and violence (implementing an EU social partners agreement) on 17 November 2009.

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18 November 2009
TUC welcomes new European Works Council Directive

The TUC has welcomed the new, recast European Works Councils Directive which was adopted by the European Parliament this week, and is now set to become law. It will give workers in companies operating in several European countries important new right...

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17 December 2008



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