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2023-07-13 12:40

CESI is ready to engage with EU and national stakeholders to ensure that the implementation of AI at work will benefit workers and lead to better working conditions for all.

2023-07-13 10:57

On June 29 and 30, 2023, CESI successfully organised the final conference of its ‘EcoTra’ project, focusing on the green economy and the future of work.

2023-06-23 09:36

Klaus Heeger: “We need to honour our public employees for their devotion, contributions and excellent work which often goes above and beyond the call of duty.”

2023-06-16 01:14

On the basis of the approach agreed upon, the EU Council will now begin negotiations with the European Parliament, with a view to reaching a provisional agreement.

2023-06-15 12:35

There are no new jobs on a new planet. Greening our economy and our is lives is without alternative. It will require significant commitments from all of us. It means adopting a new economic and social model with major impacts on the way we work and live.

2023-06-11 08:03

At the General Assembly of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) on June 10-11 2023, CESI’s affiliates Carmen Jaffke and Eva Fernández Urbón were elected into the Board of Administration of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL).

2023-06-02 01:05

On May 23, CESI´s Expert Commission ‘EDUC’ took place amidst teachers’ unions striking in many EU countries.

2023-05-26 12:24

On May 23, CESI´s Expert Commission ‘EDUC’ took place amidst teachers’ unions striking in many EU countries. ‘EDUC’ and its members expressed their full solidarity with unions protesting throughout Europe for fairer wages and better working conditions for teachers.

2023-05-24 03:07

On May 23rd, CESI´s Expert Commission ‘SAN’ discussed the most pressing issues in the healthcare sector- among themselves and with various experts.

2023-05-24 11:47

With an open letter to the Portuguese Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, CESI expresses its regret and astonishment regarding the exclusion of Independent Trade Unions from the Forum.

2023-05-17 10:46

Two days of interactive workshops and plenary debates brought to you by the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI), the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Reshaping Work and EU Observer (media partner).

2023-05-17 03:50

On June 13, CESI Youth together with ‘StartNet’ and ‘OBESSU’ will hold a public event in the context of the European Year of Skills on ‘Empowering youth: Making the European Year of Skills work’. Registrations are now open.

2023-05-08 01:23

On May 5, CESI organised its second event on the importance of the European Union for workers and citizens, this time in Iași, Romania.

2023-05-04 12:38

On April 27, CESI’s Working Group on the Future of Work jumpstarted its work on this year’s focus area of ‘Worker involvement in green industrial transitions’.

2023-04-25 11:29

After a lengthy dispute, the German government and trade unions have come to an agreement on salaries for over 2.5 million workers in the German public sector. The salary increase is expected to be an important supporting measure against high inflation.