Economic crisis

09/09/2009

EIF Conference for company-level representatives on strategies to tackle the social impact of the crisis in the automotive sector

The European Automotive Industry is facing tough challenges in the coming months. Mergers, acquisitions and restructurings will take their toll on working conditions, employment and pay.

31/03/2009

Use the crisis as an opportunity: Europe needs a strong plan for social and industrial recovery

“Rhetoric on stimulus packages is not enough. European leaders need a strong, confident and coordinated industrial programme and policy if we are to come out of this crisis able to cope with the challenges of environmental and social change.”

23/03/2009

IG Metall - New Action Plan to overcome Crisis

IG Metall's Action Plan on the Crisis - Conquering and Learning from the Crisis

Wir müssen die Krise überwinden und aus ihr lernen. Die IG Metall fordert daher in ihrem Aktionsplan einen 100-Milliarden-Rettungsschirm für bedrohte Unternehmen, ein neues Insolvenzrecht und mehr Mitbestimmung. Nur so können wir die Strukturen in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft verbessern.

COP 15 - European metalworkers on the road from Copenhagen

For the European Metalworkers Federation climate change is a dangerous reality which demands a social response at international as well as European, national and regional/local and company levels. We believe that a drive towards new industrial strategies based on low carbon technologies and products can offer opportunities but also challenges for the future of industrial workplaces in Europe.

EFFAT's view on sustainable development

Sustainable development seeks to "meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” in the sense of balance between economic, social and environmental elements. Still, increasingly rapid global changes, from the melting of the icecaps to growing energy and resource demand, are challenging this objective.