Category Archives: European Trade Unions

DEMONSTRATION OVER “SECRET CORYTON SALE”

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Tony Burke

Justice For Coryton Workers When: 10am Saturday, 21st July 2012 Where: Vopak Terminal, Oliver Rd, West Thurrock, Essex RM20 3ED Coryton oil refinery workers and their families will be demonstrating outside the Vopak terminal in Purfleet from 10am this Saturday … Continue reading →

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Support the Spanish Miners

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Tony Burke
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Working Time Ruling – Sick Leave

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Tony Burke

In very welcome and positive development a little publicised ruling from the European Court of Justice, workers who fall ill during their annual leave will now be entitled to reclaim back those days of annual leave for use at another time. … Continue reading →

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CAC reports rise in trade union recognition applications

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Tony Burke

The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) the body which adjudicates on trade union recognition claims and claims on Information & Consultation Rights has recently published its annual report for 2011/12. The report shows that, during the year ending 31st March this … Continue reading →

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Solidarity with Spanish Coal Miners

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Tony Burke
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EU Summit – ETUC Statement & Article by Bernadette Segol and Ignacio Fernandez Toxo

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Tony Burke

Following the Summit on 28th -29th June, the European TUC says it looks positively on the fact that immediate steps will be taken to reduce the interest rates of those countries under pressure from the markets. However, the proposed measures … Continue reading →

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Austerity Across Europe

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Tony Burke

In Europe there are a dwindling group of countries whose economies are still growing; Germany the ‘strongest’ has growth of just 0.5%. More countries are in recession – Britain, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Greece. The rest are stagnant. Across … Continue reading →

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Cancel The Greek Debt

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Tony Burke

By Michael Burke The Greek general election on June 17th presented a clear political choice on whether to continue with the ‘austerity’ measures imposed by the Troika of the ECB, EU and IMF which have caused a disastrous economic slump. … Continue reading →

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The Crisis and National Labour Law Reforms: A Mapping Exercise

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Tony Burke

This Working Paper by Isabelle Schömann (ETUI) and  Stefan Clauwaert (ETUI) is highly recommended as it maps the crisis and national labour law reforms in various European countries either triggered by the crisis or introduced using the crisis – falsely – … Continue reading →

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“We must all be up to this challenge together”: A new social compact for Europe

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Tony Burke

The European TUC has proposed a new ‘social compact for Europe’ (pdf), based on solidarity and cooperation, to counter today’s Europe of deregulation and unremitting austerity. ETUC says that tough political choices will have to be made to stop the downward spiral … Continue reading →

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