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26.04.2024 Press release

Heat deaths at work up by 40% in the EU

The number of people dying at work due to extreme heat is increasing faster in the European Union than any other part of the world, new data shows ahead of International Workers’ Memorial Day. 
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24.04.2024 Press release

European Parliament gives bogus self-employment the boot

In a historic move, the European Parliament has today adopted the Platform Work Directive, a major victory for millions of people working through digital platforms. This directive ensures that they will finally obtain minimum wages, sick pay, and other essential employment safeguards. 

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30.04.2024 Document

Trade Union Summit for Ukraine Declaration

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The European trade movement, under the auspices of the European Trade Union Confederation representing 93 national trade union confederations in 41 countries and 10 European sectoral trade union federations, met with the Ukrainian trade union movement represented by FPU and KPU on 23 April 2024 in Lublin, Poland in the framework of the Trade Union Summit for Ukraine.   Read the declaration here
25.04.2024 Document

20 Years of EU membership: empowering working people

On May 1, 2004, a historic moment unfolded as ten countries—Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia—joined the European Union. This was the largest enlargement in the EU’s history.             
08.04.2024 Document

Trade unions and the world of standardisation

Trade unions and the world of standardisation  Resolution adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 26-27 March 2024 Technical standards also affect workers
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