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2020-04-28 12:00

CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger reiterates CESI’s call for a decisive short-term management of the Corona fallout and bold action by EU and national leaders to mitigate social, economic and financial problems for workers and business that a post-Corona crisis threatens to entail.

2020-04-27 12:00

Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond ‘Connectief’ (CNV Connectief) is the Dutch National Federation of Christian Trade Unions ‘Connectief’ founded in 2015, representing public administration staff and public service employees mostly in the health and education sectors.

2020-04-24 12:00

On Thursday 8th April 2020, the so-called School Decree 2020 has come into force, a legislative provision aimed at addressing the emergency created by the Coronavirus and the period of suspension of school activities and closure of schools ordered by the Italian Government to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection.

2020-04-23 12:00

CSIF is a Spanish independent union that mainly affiliates workers with the status of public employee, civil servants and labor, of the different Public Administrations of Spain.

It is the first union force in the Administration General of the State (AGE) and the second union force if the regional and local public administration is taken into account.

It has an increasing presence in the private sector, being the fourth union force in Spain.

2020-04-23 12:00

Klaus Heeger, CESI Secretary General asked Birgit Wintermann, project manager expert in digitalisation and labour law at Bertelsmann Stiftung about the digital transformation of the workplace in Europe during the emergency of COVID-19.

2020-04-22 12:00

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has not only changed the lives of the entire population, the economy and politics, but also the work of the police. Alongside health care workers, thousands of police officers are also facing this phenomenon on a daily basis.

2020-04-22 12:00

During the last weeks, the European Commission has been proposing a number of innovative mechanisms to help fight off the Coronavirus crisis in Europe and the Member States. Indeed, extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. One of the ambitious initiatives announced lately was the so-called SURE programme, the Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency.   Announced on April 2nd SURE -a solidarity instrument to finance increases in national public expenditure to preserve employment, most notably via short-time work in affected sectors and companies-  would represent a total of €100 billion would be made available by the EU to the Member States in the form of favourable loans.

2020-04-21 12:00

Ein Kommentar von MdEP Petra Kammerevert, S&D-Gruppenkoordinatorin im Ausschuss für Kultur und Bildung im Europäischen Parlament, zum Europäischen Bildungsraum.

2020-04-20 12:00

A commentary by MEP Petra Kammerevert, S&D Group Coordinator in the European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education (CULT), on the European Education Area.

2020-04-20 12:00

Corona, synonymous with the disease worldwide, now also stands for ‘emergency’; an emergency which has caused great panic among people and fear of something known and yet also unknown.

2020-04-17 12:00

FASGA is an independent and plural trade union organization with representation in very diverse professional sectors such as large distribution, insurance, mutual insurance companies, third-party prevention services, travel agencies, private insurance mediation, consulting and market research, outsourcing of services.

2020-04-16 12:00

The current COVID-19 crisis has highlighted crisis management deficiencies at both the European and national level and revealed the uneven capacity of European health systems to cope with this enormous external shock.

2020-04-16 12:00

With the emergency of COVID-19, CESI asked Dr Milena Popović Samardžić, epidemiologist and President of the Union of Doctors of Medicine of Montenegro, an update on the national situation and challenges for the profession deriving from the infection.

2020-04-14 12:00

In the midst of the crisis that the pandemic has brought to the hearts of the families and peoples of the world, Europe is called upon to make an exceptional effort in order to ensure that the acute phase of the crisis is managed in the best way possible, given the dramatic circumstances. There is a need for strong guidelines to be given to the individual Member States to ensure a way out of the crisis with the least possible trauma to employment and economy.

2020-04-10 12:00

What follows are some remarkable testimonies collected from our members working in the frontlines of the health sector in Italy. No words can be added to better describe the challenges they are facing and the way they put their duty to protect others higher than their personal well-being. Please read them through and be empathic to the difficulties they are facing.