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2022-09-02 06:51

In advance of a scheduled extraordinary Council meeting of ministers responsible for energy policy on September 9, CESI has issued an open letter to the Czech Council Presidency, stressing that the meeting must bring tangible, concrete and immediate results to bring down energy prices for citizens, workers and their families.

2022-09-01 09:35

Against the background of multiple crises and unprecedented difficulties for the world of work, we managed to keep the voice of workers strong.

2022-08-30 09:55

CESI publishes its resolution on trade union demands to counter inflation.

2022-08-12 09:56

August 12 is International Day of Youth, as established in 2000 by the United Nations General Assembly. This year’s focus is on intergenerational solidarity: ‘Creating a World for All Ages’. CESI Youth stresses that solving the complex problems of today’s and tomorrow’s world can only be done though a joint effort shared across all generations.

2022-08-03 03:12

Responding to the recent ban of free and independent trade unions in Belarus, the Presidium of CESI issued a call in defence of trade union pluralism in the country and beyond.

2022-08-02 12:28

CESI condemns the use of involuntary precarious work contracts for teachers that end each summer with the academic year.

2022-07-25 12:03

Guest commentary by Róbert Szokolai, affiliate of CESI’s Hungarian member union MKKSz.

2022-07-19 05:19

CESI is happy to announce its participation in the EU-funded ‘BeWell’ project – led by the European Health Management Association (EHMA) with the participation of 24 partners from 11 European countries.

2022-07-19 11:20

In the last few weeks, Europe has faced severe heatwaves leading to prolonged drought, high temperatures, extreme climate chain reactions (including floods and landslides) and fires in the South of Europe. CESI asks for more solidarity and investments in firefighting and other emergency response services across Europe.

2022-07-11 10:04

Article of CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger in the ‘EUobserver’.

2022-07-08 09:57

We wish you a good summer – despite (or especially because of) these troubled times.

2022-07-04 03:36

On 29th-30th June 2022 the heads of states and governments of the EU Member States met with NATO representatives during the Madrid Summit in order reinforce their aligned geopolitical interests in the face of global challenges.

2022-06-30 09:00

As CESI’s Summer Days 2022 kick-off, CESI presents a new discussion paper on fair green-digital transitions that strike a sustainable balance between social, economic and environmental considerations.

2022-06-24 05:33

At its last statutory meeting on June 21, CESI’s statutory Commission on Employment and Social Affairs adopted its priorities on the European Commission’s recent proposal for a new directive n improving working conditions in
platform work.

2022-06-24 02:57

At its meeting on June 21, CESI’s statutory Commission on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality adopted a series of new position papers, focusing on violence against women, glass ceilings in the public sector in Europe and gender aspects in a new EU Care Strategy.