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2023-02-02 03:40

Today, the European Parliament plenary issued a positive vote on a mandate to enter into trilogue negotiations on a new EU directive on improved working conditions in the platform economy. CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger welcomes the adopted mandate.

2023-01-27 10:44

In the context of a consultation run by the European Commission on a new Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) – a common set of rules for EU companies to calculate their taxable base while ensuring an effective allocation of profits between EU countries – CESI and UFE have issued a joint statement.

2023-01-25 04:25

Today, the European Commission published a long-expected Communication with plans to strengthen social dialogue in Europe. CESI welcomes a reinforced social dialogue but regrets that most planned measures target cross-sector social dialogue and leave sectoral dialogue and independent union organisations behind.

2023-01-16 03:02

For 2023, CESI has the responsibility to do everything possible to flag the importance of social cohesion and workers’ needs and demands on the top of Europe’s political agenda.

2023-01-10 06:24

As the European Commission envisages to propose a new European Disability Card to provide seamless access to essential and disability-related benefits as well as social protection for the disabled that move from one Member State to another, the Card must also span to areas of employment and the world of work, according to CESI.

2022-12-22 06:45

As 2023 has been designated the European Year of Skills, CESI stresses that its governance must be inclusive and its envisaged output encompassing.

2022-12-21 03:45

Following the ongoing revelations on Qatargate, the Presidium of CESI adopted a resolution – affirming its trust in principle in the EU institutions, but also calling for improvements to its lobby- and corruption-controlling framework conditions.

2022-12-14 10:40

Independence. And why the EU has changed some rules of the game – to the better.

2022-12-14 09:55

The project will maintain political pluralism and engage with citizens and workers for the upcoming European elections 2024 and develop capacity-building activities mobilising the national networks to vote.

2022-12-06 05:45

During the 2022 plenary meeting November 30, the European social partners for postal services, comprising PostEurop on the employer side and UNI Europa and CESI on the employee side, agreed on a joint declaration on training and work environments in the digital transition in postal services.

2022-12-02 07:55

This week, the European Commission formally recommended Member States to recognise Covid-19, under certain cirumstances, as an occupational disease. It also published new Global Health Strategy, in an attempt to position the EU as a leader in the fields of health and care. CESI welcomes both moves.

2022-11-25 03:35

On November 25, the annual International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger reiterates CESI’s call to end violence against women and girls, in the EU and beyond, at work in private life.

2022-11-23 05:18

Today, the European Commission jumpstarted the 2023 European Semester cycle of economic and social policy coordination, publishing this year’s Autumn Package. CESI welcomes the European Commission’s approach to tackle current multiple socio-economic challenges by squaring support for workers and vulnerable citizens with targeted public investments and fair and effective taxation.

2022-11-23 03:04

On November 23, CESI met with TVML as part of the DiWork project.

2022-11-23 01:49

On November 22, after weeks of negotiations and political pressure, the European Commission unveiled a proposal for a measure to limit excessive gas prices.