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Annual CESI Defence Trade Council meeting: Need for more rights of military staff highlighted ahead of EU Defence Summit 2015-04-28 12:00 At this year’s meeting of CESI’s Defence Trade Council, its expert committee on military topics, the importance of common rights for common missions was underscored – especially in the context of the upcoming EU Defence Summit. |
World Day for Safety and Health at Work: CESI works hard for employee health and safety 2015-04-28 12:00 April 28 is World Day for Safety and Health at Work – Time for CESI to raise (again) the importance of occupational health and safety. |
Commission-published report: Mixed picture about the spread of social investments in European countries 2015-04-24 12:00 Today, the European Commission published a report it had commissioned on ‘Social investment in Europe 2015: A study of national policies’. It shows that social investment is not yet a clearly defined and adequately pursued policy concept across all European countries. |
CESI and its Spanish member trade union CSI-F meet Andriukaitis cabinet 2015-04-23 12:00 Today, representatives of CESI and its Spanish member CSI-F met with the Andriukaitis cabinet in order to discuss challenges in the financing of the Spanish civil servants’ health mutuality. |
Informal EPSCO Council: CESI reiterates need for a more inclusive social dialogue at the EU-level 2015-04-22 12:00 During the informal EPSCO Council meeting in Riga this week, Commissioner Dombrovskis reiterated his commitment to a well-functioning social dialogue at the EU-level. CESI believes that a more inclusive approach to engagement with social partners is necessary to achieve this. |
Ongoing refugee crisis in the Mediterranean: Change in direction of policies needed to alleviate humanitarian tragedies 2015-04-21 12:00 CESI is saddened by the escalating refugee crisis in the Mediterranean and calls on European leaders to initiative a change in the direction of Europe’s migration policy when they meet for a special EU migration summit in Brussels later this week. |
CESI Youth takes part in youth employment summit in Quito 2015-04-20 12:00 Earlier this month, CESI Youth representative Matthäus Fandrejewski travelled to Quito, Ecuador, in order to take part in the CELAC*-EU Youth Days. The conference ended with the adoption of a declaration on youth empowerment that will be presented at the next EU-CELAC Summit of Heads of State and Government, to take place in Brussels in June this year. |
Hearing in EP TAXE Committee: CESI expert speaks on the role of tax administrations in fighting tax avoidance 2015-04-17 12:00 During yesterday’s stakeholder hearing in the European Parliament’s TAXE Committee on tax rulings and the role of tax administrations in fighting tax avoidance, CESI was represented by François Goris, President of its member organisation UNSP-NUOD. CESI represents several national tax administration trade unions in Brussels. |
TTIP: CESI welcomes the EP Employment Committee opinion and calls on the International Trade Committee to take its suggestions on board 2015-04-16 12:00 Earlier this month, the European Parliament’s Employment (EMPL) Committee adopted its opinion in relation to the TTIP own-initiative report that is being drawn up in the International Trade (INTA) Committee. CESI broadly welcomes the EMPL Committee opinion and calls on the INTA Committee to take up its input during its upcoming committee vote. |
Commission consultation of social partners: CESI stresses the need to include public administrations in the EU legislative framework on information and consultation of workers 2015-04-15 12:00 Last week, the European Commission launched a consultation of the social partners to obtain their views about possible action regarding a strengthening of the existing EU legislation on the information and consultation of workers at national level.* As a recognised social partner, CESI will make use of this consultation in order to stress that the scope of the legislation should be extended to cover public administrations’ staff, too. |
Event announcement: CESI@noon on the role of public services in fighting radicalisation and terrorism on May 5 2015-04-14 12:00 The next CESI@noon event will take place on May 5 and address the topic ‘Radicalisation and terrorism: (new) challenges for public services?’. |
New Commission statistics: Mixed picture about employment rate developments in public administrations across the EU 2015-04-13 12:00 Published today, the European Commission’s spring 2015 edition of the ‘EU Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review’ shows that even though employment figures have recently increased on aggregate in the EU-28, many EU Member States have continued to experience net job losses in their public administrations. |
March 2015 EU Youth Conference: CESI Youth calls on political leaders to actively seek a deeper dialogue with young workers 2015-04-02 12:00 In the context of the March 2015 edition of the EU Youth Conference, CESI Youth representative and conference delegate Matthäus Fandrejewski urged political leaders to be more proactive in seeking input for policies from the organised civil society representing young workers. Organised biannually by the Council Presidency, the European Commission and the European Youth Forum (EYF), the EU Youth Conference is an institutionalised forum for dialogue bringing together representatives from the European Commission, EU Member State ministries, national Youth Councils and a number of international non-governmental youth organisations (INGYOs). |
CESI’s member organisation BEM-BİR-SEN represents Turkish workers at Trade Councils 2015-03-31 12:00 CESI’s Turkish member organisation BEM-BİR-SEN, represented by its Secretary General Levent Uslu, attended for the first time a meeting of the Trade Councils Justice and Security in Luxembourg (26+27 March 2015). |
CESI Security Trade Council observes a minute’s silence for shootings and plane crash, thanks security and rescue forces on the spot 2015-03-26 12:00 Marked by the recent shootings in Paris and Denmark and the plane crash in the French Alps, this year’s CESI Security Trade Council, gathering representatives of security forces such as policemen or customs officers, points out the vulnerability of these publicly exposed professional groups and thanks them for their work and engagement during crisis situations. |
