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Webinar Europa 2021: What social priorities for Europe in the first half of 2021?
CESI Insides with CEDEFOP Executive Director JĂŒrgen Siebel
A Klaus Heeger conversation with JĂŒrgen Siebel, the Executive Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP).
CESI at the 1st session of the EU Platform for Tax Good Governance organised by the European Commission DG TAXUD
CESIâs Vice President Roberto Di Maulo on the 2020 US Presidential election: Bidenâs victory is a healthy element for Europe
New postion on the EU postal services directive
CESI published a new position on the evaluation of the EU postal services directive 97/67/EC which the European Commission is currently undertaking. In its position, which is part of a larger response to a public consultation that closes today. In its position, CESI calls on the European Commission to commit to a continued EU postal services directive and to only propose a revision if ambitious binding targets, mechanisms and minimum standards are set for the sector to strengthen the role of universal services, avoid precarious employment and contribute to climate protection.
Covid-19 â Again. Violence â Together we can draw the line. | Editorial of the Secretary-General Klaus Heeger
#NoViolenceAtWork - Third-party violence at Work: We can draw the line!
On October 30 2020, CESI held its final event within the mainly EU funded project âTrade unions for zero tolerance against third-party violence at workâ. An awareness-raising campaign is launching as from this Monday 2 November onwards, Europewide.
CESI Insides with European Parliamentâs FEMM Committee Chairwoman Evelyn Regner
In light of the European Parliament's Gender Equality Week, Klaus Heeger talks with Evelyn Regner, chairwoman of the European Parliament's FEMM Committee.
European minimum wage framework proposal: Improvements needed to a much-needed policy initiative
On October 28 the European Commission put forward a proposal for a directive on adequate minimum wages for workers across Member States. After a preliminary assessment, CESI welcomes the proposal but calls for improvements to make the planned directive fit to deliver.
CSIF proposes to reinforce the Spanish public administration with 106,000 new jobs in the next 3 years
New term of office for the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) to represent the EU Civil Society, Employers, Workers and NGOs.
Collective agreement in Germany: CESI member dbb negotiated a new collective agreement for health and social care workers
CESI Insides with Monica Semedo, MEP from Luxembourg Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
MKKSZ, Trade Union of Hungarian Civil Servants and Public Employees is carrying 7 days online strike.
European Commission consultation: CESI statement on employment conditions in parcel delivery services in Europe
The President and Secretary-General of CESI have expressed their horror and disgust at the terrorist attack against a teacher in France.
CESI Commissions on Employment & Social Affairs and Womenâs Rights & Gender Equality, within the framework of PULSER project, call for socially just post-Covid rebounce
On October 14 CESI's members' Commissions on Employment and Social Affairs and on Women's Rights and Gender Equality convened under the PULSER project to discuss the European Pillar of Social Rights, the impacts of the Covid pandemic on workers and gender equality in employment. In discussions with European Commission representatives, CESI members made clear that the maintenance of jobs and of health and safety has utmost priority for workers in Europe, and that the crisis must not lead to a backlash in gender equality in Europe.
Covid pandemic: European Social Partners of Central Government Administrations call to invest in state sector personnel to increase crisis resilience of public services
CESI@noon on âWorkers and Covid-19â: What lessons for trade unions and interest representation?
World Day for Decent Work 2020: Appreciating the heroes Covid-19 frontline workers
Achieving the European Education Area 2025: Teachers, here we go!
CESIâs Trade Council on Education met online, most notably to discuss the role of teachers in the context of the ongoing pandemic and in anticipation of a related European Commission education package with communications on Achieving the European Education Area 2025 and an updated EU Digital Education Action Plan, published yesterday.
â30 years of commitment. Now more than ever.â | Editorial of the Secretary-General Klaus Heeger
The old, the new and the human factor.
CESI Youth Board â Promoting youth employment in COVID-19 times
On 24th September CESI Youth Board met online. Youth employment and COVID-19, access to social protection schemes, the EU Green Deal and the upcoming CESI Congress in December 2020 were the main topics of the discussion.
CESI Presidium and Board convene online to prepare upcoming Congress
On September 22 and 23, CESIâs Presidium and Board met on online in order to prepare CESIâs upcoming Congress, which will take place on December 10.
CESI@noon: Covid-19 and the future of work â What lessons for interest representation and trade unions?
Forthcoming OsnabrĂŒck Declaration: The true value of Vocational Education and Training (VET)
On the occasion of the informal meeting of EU Education Ministers on 16-17 September in OsnabrĂŒck (Germany), hosted by the German Presidency of the EU Council, Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Europe is in the spotlight: the expected OsnabrĂŒck Declaration aims at modernising the crucial pillar of the European Education Area; an area put under unprecedented strain by the Covid19 crisis.
CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger on an updated EU Digital Education Plan: Investment in digital education infrastructure needed, but face-to-face learning must remain the centre of education as much as possible
As part of a public consultation, CESI has issued key priorities for an updated EU Digital Education Action Plan, which the European Commission is set to publish later this year, incorporating the experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CESI support for EU minimum wage framework
In the second phase of a social partner consultation by the European Commission, CESI has voiced its support for an EU minimum wage framework as a tool to support the fight against precarious work in the EU.
European Equal Pay Day 2020: Close the gap
November 4 is European Equal Pay Day, a day dedicated to remember the importance of ensuring equal pay for work of equal value in Europe and to close the gender pay gap.
CESI on the right to collective bargaining for the self-employed
As part of a consultation on a forthcoming Digital Services Act proposal by the European Commission, CESI issued its priorities relating to a right to collective bargaining for the self-employed, which may become part of the legislative initiative.
CESI Webinar â Precarious Work and Interest Representation â Prof. dr. Aurora Trif
Precarious work contracts have been expanding in recent years across Europe. Prof. Dr. Aurora Trif presents a webinar dedicated to the actions trade unions can take to tackle this pressing issue, stressing that trade unions need to approach precarious work proactively and pragmatically.
Winners and losers of the European Council marathon session
This morning, EU leaders agreed on an EU Corona recovery programme of âŹ750 billion and on their position for a next Multiannual financial framework. In a commentary, CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger determines the good and bad in the deal - and writes that while some winners and some losers are already known, only developments during the next months will reveal the full picture of who and what ended up on the winning and losing sides.
16 July 2010: Today European social partners including CESI celebrate the 10th Anniversary of their Multisectoral Guidelines to tackle third-party violence and harassment related to work.
CESI joined the original signatories of the Guidelines in 2018, signing together with EPSU as part of the Trade Union Delegation TUNED within the European Social Dialogue Committee for Central Government Administrations, to provide its members with concrete proposals to address, mitigate and prevent third-party violence and its consequences at work.
Politics can work only if it wants to by Marco Thomé, FGFC President, Luxembourg
A text about the fragility of our liberal system and our difficulties in maintaining the right social balance in a drastically changing world.
