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2018-09-16 12:00

Last week, on September 13-14, the CESI Youth Board gathered in Palermo, Italy, for its second meeting. A productive exchange of experiences and ideas was conducted among the members, who reported on past activities and constructed plans for future endeavours.

2018-09-14 12:00

This week, Jean-Claude Juncker, outgoing President of the European Commission, held his last State of the Union address at the European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg this week. Once a year, the State of the Union speeches display the Commission President’s views on where the EU is heading and where it needs improvement. Not an easy task in times where the EU is being bashed around at all fronts for multiple organ failure (sometimes rightly, sometimes unjustifiably).

2018-09-13 12:00

At their meeting on September 6 in Brussels, CESI’s members’ commissions on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) and on Employment and Social Affairs (SOC) reviewed progress in negotiations on the European Commission’s proposals on work-life balance for parents and carers, on transparent and predictable working conditions, and on access to social protection for all. Under the chairmanship of the Presidents of the SOC and FEMM Commissions, Javier Jordán and Kirsten Lühmann from CESI’s Spanish and German member organisations CSIF and dbb, CESI’s affiliates voiced strong opinions and take-home messages in discussions with decision-makers from the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Austrian Council Presidency. Also on the agenda: The ineffectiveness of gender equality plans in companies across Europe and abuses of fixed-term work regimes in public services.

2018-09-12 12:00

On September 12 European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker addressed the European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg with his yearly State of the Union address to assess ‘how far we’ve come’.

2018-08-30 12:00

On September 26 the next edition of CESI’s lunchtime panel debate event series ‘CESI@noon’ will take place, this time on ‘What is working time? The interpretation of the European Court of Justice’. Registration to the event is now open.

2018-08-01 12:00

The European Social Dialogue Committee in Central Government Administrations (SDC CGA), comprising CESI and the Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) for the employees and the European Public Administration Employers (EUPAE) for the employers, has opened a tender procedure to examine the national legal framework on work-life balance and digitalization with a special attention to the evaluation of existing rules and the role of social dialogue. The deadline for participation in the procedure is September 14

2018-07-12 12:00

At their last meeting on May 25, CESI’s affiliates in telecoms and postal services convened in Vienna to discuss some of the most pressing challenges that employees in the two sectors are facing. Next to the need for a more worker-friendly management of demographic change within telecoms and postal service providers, the implications of the recently adopted new EU regulation on cross-border parcel delivery services on employment in the postal services was high on the agenda.

2018-06-28 12:00

At the General Assembly of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) on June 8-10 2018 in Brussels, CESI affiliates Carmen Jaffke and Kirsten Lühmann were re-elected into the Board of Administration.

2018-06-27 12:00

Yesterday a stakeholder group led by Transparency International EU and including CESI sent an open letter to the Heads of State and Government participating in the European Council summit later this week, calling for more transparency and democratic accountability in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)

2018-06-26 12:00

At its Board meeting on June 15, CESI welcomed two new full member organisations: The Spanish Nursing Technicians Trade Union (SAE) and the Serbian Trade Union of Doctors and Pharmacists. Moreover, the Trade Union of Physicians in the region of Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegowina became an observer at CESI.

2018-06-23 12:00

At a European Parliament breakfast debate on Wednesday June 20 CESI took stock of previous contributions made by MEPs, Eurofound and trade union leaders on precarious work contracts and the abusive use of fixed-term contracts in the EU Member States.

2018-06-22 12:00

The UN General Assembly has designated 23 June as Public Service Day. Prestigious UN Public Service Awards are given away on this very day. This award is bestowed on Public Service Day for contributions made to the cause of enhancing the role, prestige and visibility of public services.

2018-06-21 12:00

On February 21 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered a significant verdict in favour of all workers of the European Union who are requested to provide “on-call” services from home. In a guest commentary for CESI, Pierre Joassart, lawyer at Deckers & Joassart who successfully steered the case through the Court of Justice, explains the background and consequences of the judgment.

2018-06-19 12:00

At its meeting on June 15, the Board of CESI unanimously elected Roberto di Maulo as a Vice-President of CESI. As a representative of the Italian Workers’ Autonomous Trade Unions Confederation (Confsal), a founding member organsation of CESI, this completes the Presidium of CESI after Marco Paolo Nigi, also from Confsal, had retired as Vice-President of CESI at the end of last year. In his application speech, Roberto Di Maulo stressed the role of Confsal and CESI with its member organisations as a strong bond for improved worker rights and employment conditions in Europe.

2018-06-19 12:00

Today CESI’s Trade Council ‘Central Administration and Finances’ (ACF) met in Brussels. Chaired by Wilhelm Gloss, topics on the agenda included minimum wage levels in Europe and the rise in violence against employees of central administrations by third parties.