Creating a strong European industrial base is fundamental when securing the foundation of the EU’s economy, and ensuring a sustainable progression towards a flourishing economy and an environmentally friendly production.

This website is a joint effort between the European industry federations EFFAT, EMCEF, EMF and ETUF:TCL, with the aim to strengthen the visibility and impact of trade union industrial policy on a European level, while providing information about priority areas of the federations.

European Trade Unions Caution the World’s Biggest Brewer to Stop Cutting Jobs

Trade unions representing AB InBev workers across Europe have issued a joint statement condemning management’s plan to cut 10 % of the European workforce and warning of possible European actions if things don’t change.

Supporting the European social dialogue in Southern-Eastern Europe

EFFAT and GEOPA launched a CD to support the members of the social partners’ organisations of agriculture within the process of the social dialogue in the new member states and in the accessing countries of the European Union.

COP15 Evaluation & report on trade union activities

The ITUC has the pleasure to send you our evaluation of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP15), held in Copenhagen, Denmark as well as a report on trade union activities undertaken inside and parallel to this event.

On ITUC website.

EFFAT joins the 2010 against poverty campaign

The Charter against precarious work, adopted by the 3rd EFFAT Congress on 20-21 October 2009 in Berlin, is a central document for EFFAT, particularly this year when the fight against poverty is at the top of the European agenda: The European Commission declared 2010 as the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion.

Wrap up on COP15

The Outreach ‘Wrap Up’ issue on the Copenhagen Climate Conference is now out and available at:

http://tinyurl.com/OutreachWrapUp

It is full of analysis from stakeholders on what happened and the way forward. Articles from Laura Martin, Sustainlabour and the ITUC.

Prepared and protected workers at core of global climate justice

Fighting climate change will fail to receive public support if there are no measures ensuring social justice. Long-term employment policies and sufficient investment are necessary to ensure a smooth transition to a low carbon economy.

WoW event: Cutting emissions, transforming industrial jobs

16 December 2009, 14H00-15H30

Joint event EMF, IMF, EMCEF, ICEM

Speakers include: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (former-Danish PM and President of the Party of European Socialists), representatives of the South African government delegation to COP 15

Booklet: Cutting emissions transforming jobs - working in green jobs for a secure future

Joint booklet from ICEM, IMF, EMCEF and EMF

Industrial trade union federations representing workers in the metal, chemical, energy and mining sectors in Europe and globally.

Commission’s only labour market response to climate change is greater implementation of the flexicurity agenda (EMF)

Interview with Judith Kirton-Darling, (EMF Industrial Policy Advisor) and Wolf Jäcklein (EMF Policy Adviser)

Read the full interview here

WoW event: For high social protection and a low carbon economy

The European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) sees climate change as a dangerous reality for all industrial workers. Tackling it effectively requires a clear social response from policy-makers as well as industrial strategies based on low carbon technologies serving to shore up workplaces in European industry in the future.

This was the message delivered by the EMF at today’s seminar led by the ETUC at the World of Work Pavilion in Copenhagen.