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2018-05-06 12:00

Since May 29, ten CSIF representatives have locked themselves in the General Secretariat of Penitentiary Institutions headquarters to bring attention to their cause on fair working conditions.

2018-05-03 12:00

Yesterday, the European Commission published its proposals for the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the period 2021-2027. In advance of ensuing negotiations between the European Parliament and Council on a final MFF, CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger calls for adequate funding for a strong social dimension of the EU.

2018-05-02 12:00

In 2018-19, CESI will be a partner of EU-OSHA’s newest ‘Healthy workplaces’ awareness raising campaign. Having been involved in several previous ‘Healthy workplaces’ campaign editions in the past, CESI will now participate for the fourth time in Europe’s biggest awareness raising campaign on occupational health and safety. The 2018-19 edition is themed ‘Managing dangerous substances’.

2018-05-01 12:00

On Labour Day 2018 CESI is encouraged by a new momentum in political discussions on employment and social affairs in Europe. As the European Pillar of Social Rights, put forward by the European Commission in March last year, celebrates its first anniversary, policy makers across Europe are increasingly -and finally!- acknowledging the need to also think social when pursuing economic policies. CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger, who spoke at a public Labour Day event of CESI’s member organisation CONFSAL in Naples today, however recalled that political discussions must now also yield tangible commitments.

2018-04-24 12:00

On April 23, a CESI delegation composed of CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger and the President and Vice-President of CESI’s Trade Council Defence, Thomas Sohst and Wolfram Kamm, met with the Secretary of State of the German Ministry of Defence, Gerd Hoofe, and the ministry’s Head of the HR Department, Lieutenant General Klaus von Heimendahl, to discuss a more systematic involvement of military and civilian staff and their representatives in the designing and implementation of the future European Defence Union (EDU).

2018-04-24 12:00

On Monday April 23, the European Commission published a proposal backing the European Parliament’s recommendation for stronger protection of whistle-blowers in the European Union.

2018-03-29 12:00

On March 22, precisely two years after the Brussels terror attacks, CESI’s Trade Councils ‘Justice’ & ‘Security’ met in Brussels to discuss a number of key sector-specific issues: privatisation and digitisation in the prison and justice systems, the fight against radicalisation, police cooperation and fight against organised crime, the Schengen Borders Code and its revision in light of the 2015-2016 terrorist attacks, smart borders, and violence at work.

2018-03-27 12:00

Third party violence at work, especially against public sector workers, remains a fundamental problem in most of the countries of the EU. In cooperation with the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI), CNV-Connectief today organised an event in The Hague, both with its Dutch members and international guests, to take stock of the current situations and possible remedies in the different European countries.

2018-03-19 12:00

On 15 March, the Council adopted a recommendation on a framework for quality and effective apprenticeships, aimed at helping young people to enter the world of work. This recommendation encourages the development of a highly skilled and qualified workforce.

2018-03-15 12:00

At its meeting today, the Presidium of CESI adopted a resolution in the context of public consultations by the European Commission on the priorities for the EU’s post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). In its resolution, the Presidium stresses the importance of adequate and balanced financial support for all trade unions at the EU level, including for those that are independent.

2018-03-15 12:00

At its meeting today, the Presidium of CESI adopted a resolution in response to the Social Fairness Package, a set of two proposals issued on March 13 by the European Commission on a ‘Recommendation on access to social protection for workers and the self-employed’ and a ‘Regulation on a new European Labour Authority’. In its resolution, the Presidium welcomes many of the ideas put forward in the Package but also expresses criticism and suggests amendments on a number of important points.

2018-03-15 12:00

On Tuesday this week, the European Parliament plenary adopted a report on employment and social aspects in the 2018 Annual Growth Survey (AGS), issued by the European Commission last November. CESI Secretary General welcomed the report which echoes long-standing priorities of CESI on the need for more public social investments in the Member States.

2018-03-14 12:00

2,500 officials of the Justice Administration in Galicia (North West of Spain) have been on strike for 5 weeks in response to the refusal of the regional government to negotiate an increase in salary and other measures to improve their working conditions. An article by Javier Jordán de Urries Sagarna from CESI’s Spanish member organisation CSIF.

2018-03-12 12:00

On March 8, CESI’s members’ Commissions on Employment and Social Affairs (SOC) and Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) convened for their first meeting of the year in Brussels to discuss CESI’s advocacy on EU employment and social policy currently in the making. Guest speakers at the meeting included representatives from the European Parliament and Commission.

2018-03-09 12:00

On March 7, CESI and the Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU held the 18th edition of CESI’s lunchtime debate series ‘CESI@noon’, this time on ‘Digitalisation & future of work: Social protection for all?’