The Republic of Ireland held its general elections last week Friday, 29 November 2024. But no matter the final results and coalition talks, the next Irish government will face an urgent task: stopping union busting. In April 2024, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) carried out an online survey among more than 150 union […]
At UNI Europa’s recent flagship Conference on Trade Union Mobilisation, dozens of union leaders, officers and shop stewards came together to share stories of and strategies for successful mobilisation. The Conference took place on 26 November 2024 in Brussels, four months ahead of UNI Europa’s 6th Statutory Conference in Belfast, where over 800 union leaders […]
In early summer 2024, the printing workers went on strike at Bundesanzeiger Verlag in Cologne, Germany, over its refusal to negotiate a collective agreement. They demand a 35-hour per week, 30 days leave entitlement per year and binding entitlement to vacation and Christmas bonuses. The publishing house belongs to the Cologne-based DuMont Group and is […]
Over 50 trade union leaders, experts, and representatives from nearly 20 countries convened in Antwerp, Belgium, on 14 November to address the challenges of organising and bargaining collectively in an era increasingly dominated by remote work. The conference, organised by UNI Europa, marked the conclusion of the EU-funded project “Addressing Remote Work through Collective Bargaining […]
On 10 October, the UK parliament introduced the bill in the wake of growing recognition that a strong union workplace presence is good for workers and for the economy and that collective bargaining benefits productivity, industrial change, equality and employment. The bill was advanced to the committee stage at a second reading in the House of Commons […]
Citizens say better living standards should be the priority for Europe in the new mandate, polling published by the European Parliament shows. Rising prices and the cost of living (42 per cent) and the economic situation (41 per cent) emerged as the top concerns of 26,000 citizens in the European Parliament’s post-election Eurobarometer. The European Trade Union […]
This first closed session of the EPOC Network was in-person only and provided a platform for organising directors and lead organisers to discuss in detail the challenges they face in establishing and consolidating organising and trade union renewal practices, on a peer-to-peer basis. The session included representatives from both UNI organising centres in Europe — […]
BRUSSELS, 1 October 2024 – Today, 1,000 essential workers – cleaners, security guards and food service employees – from nine European countries rallied in Brussels, demanding that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen act to improve pay and conditions for millions of workers through procurement reform. Workers, trade union leaders and members of the […]
We, economists from around the world, support essential workers’ and their trade unions’ demands for a reform of EU public procurement rules that strengthens collective bargaining and improves working conditions in labour-intensive sectors such as cleaning, security and food services. The Covid-19 pandemic underscored the critical economic value of outsourced workers in sectors such as […]
