How can Baltic trade unions use the international labour standards and the ILO supervisory machinery? This was the main question being answered at the training […]
Time to deliver on women’s rights: yes to the work-life balance directive!
For International Women’s Day on March 8 trade unionists across Europe are calling for a swift adoption of the proposed EU Directive on work-life balance. […]
Trade unions meet Barnier on workers’ rights under Brexit
On Thursday 8 March EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier will discuss Brexit with European trade union leaders including British and Irish trade union leaders Frances […]
NFU: Breakthrough in Estonia
After months of difficult negotiations EFL, the finance sector union in Estonia, signed an agreement with Luminor, the country’s biggest bank, on Friday January 26. […]
Černiauskas: „Work with the new Labour Code is our priority“
In the beginning of the new year we speak with the president of the Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation (LPSK) Artūras Černiauskas about the main goals […]
Minimum consumption rate established by the Seimas
The Seimas established a new reference rate for the calculation of social security benefits, titled the minimum consumption rate (MCR). The Seimas also regulated the […]
ETUC: Good social pillar – now implement it
“Signing the European Pillar of Social Rights must be the starting gun of a race to implement it,” said Luca Visentini, General Secretary of the […]
Outcomes of the 5th PERC Youth Conference and elections
The Conference elected the 5th PERC Youth Committee in accordance with the Terms of Reference, and the voting resulted in the following composition: President: […]
Lithuania’s National Agreement hints of higher salaries in exchange for lower labor taxes
Lithuania’s government, business representative and trade unions on October 16th signed an agreement, declaring pledges to raise wages, cut taxes on labor and encourage collective […]
PERC Youth Committee is concerned with the situation in Croatia
PERC Youth Committee is deeply concerned with the situation around the labour rights of young people in Croatia. Employers take advantage of the loopholes in […]