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Eager to discuss but not ready to endorse: ETF reacts to the European Commission’s Competitiveness Compass

On 29 January 2025, the European Commission adopted its long-anticipated Competitiveness Compass. The communication “establishes competitiveness as one of the EU’s overarching principles for action” and outlines a roadmap featuring initiatives across several areas. Regrettably, the whole strategy is based on the assumption that the EU social model needs to be preserved. We rather believe it needs to be rebuilt.

Statement
29 Jan 2025

The Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages is At Risk and We Need to Defend it.

On 14 January, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Nicholas Emiliou, issued a non-binding opinion regarding Case C-19/23 of the CJEU, which could open the door to the complete annulment of the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages, following a complaint from two member states.

Statement
22 Jan 2025

ETF Youth Winter School: The Rise of a New Union Generation

A new generation of union leaders is rising in Europe’s transport sector. Last December in Sofia, they came together to tackle the industry’s biggest challenges – from platform work to far-right extremism, proving that young unionists are “not only the future but the present” of our movement for transport workers’ rights.

News
10 Jan 2025

Joint European Trade Union Statement for EU Regulation to Deliver for All

Deregulation for companies and attacks on EU law protecting workers and trade union rights are not the answer to stop human and environmental rights violations by companies. The EU Due Diligence rules should “work for all”, workers and their family, business and the environment.

Statement
17 Dec 2024