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2019-03-21 12:00

CESI’s Spanish member CSIF, the Central Independent and Public Employees’ Trade Union -the most representative union in the national public sector and a growing actor in private sector too- hosted CESI’s first Presidium meeting of the year on March 21 in Madrid.

2019-03-20 12:00

As part of the 2018-2019 European ‘Healthy Workplaces Campaign’ -which is managed by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and to which CESI is an official partner- a CESI delegation with representatives from two Spanish member trade unions active in the health sector, SATSE and CSIF, met with EU-OSHA Director General Christa Sedlatschek and the agency’s Scientific Board to discuss health and safety concerns of nurses working with dangerous substances and in radiation exposure.

2019-03-20 12:00

On March 7 CESI’s members’ Commissions on Employment and Social Affairs and on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality convened for their first meeting of the year in Brussels. At the centre of the meeting were debates around the European Commission’s current consultation on equal pay for equal work and on how to boost CESI’s involvement and engagement in the European Semester process.

2019-03-19 12:00

In our latest #CESItalks interview Gianluca Sgueo, professor at New York University – Florence and member of the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) spoke with CESI about the future of employees in public sector, gamification in public governance and the importance of European elections.

2019-03-15 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.

2019-03-15 12:00

Wednesday April 3 will see the next CESI@noon, this time on ‘Tax evasions and state aid – A change of paradigm: The impacts of different tax leaks and state aid cases on EU policy’. Registration to the event is now open.

2019-03-15 12:00

On April 3, CESI held the 21st edition of its lunchtime debate series ‘CESI@noon’, this time on ‘Tax evasion and state aid: Impacts of tax leaks and state aid cases on EU policy?’

2019-03-12 12:00

March 5 saw the launch of a new two-year project of CESI, co-funded by the European Commission, on ‘Precarious work: Empowering trade unions to address the new challenges’. A kick-off conference was held at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in the presence of policy-makers, stakeholders and members of CESI.

2019-03-11 12:00

At this year’s Good Practice Exchange Event and Award Ceremony of the 2018-2019 Healthy Workplaces Campaign of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), CESI was honoured for continued commitment as an official campaign partner over the last years. CESI has been a long-standing partner of the EU-OSHA healthy workplaces campaigns since 2009, biennial initiatives that focus on specific topics related to health-conscious working environments, providing information and clarification.

2019-03-11 12:00

With the European Parliament elections ahead, CESI has been receiving an increasing number of questions from members as to why things sometimes cannot “move forward” a little faster in the EU. A commentary by CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger and Policy Adviser Hendrik Meerkamp to explain what the “EU” really is and who is responsible for decision-making (or the absence of decision-taking).

2019-03-07 12:00

The Air Traffic Controllers European Unions Coordination (ATCEUC), which is member of CESI, and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) have launched a campaign to oppose the European Commission’s recent Communication and Staff Working Document “Practices Favouring Air Traffic Continuity”.

2019-03-07 12:00

The European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI) mourns the decease of Jean Pirotte, President of the Belgian firefighter trade union FISP-IFOD. “On Sunday March 3, a great firefighter, if not to say a great fighter altogether, left us”, CESI President Romain Wolff said.

2019-02-27 12:00

With trilogue negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council on a new European Labour Authority concluded, the President of CESI’s Employment and Social Affairs Commission, Javier Jordán de Urries Sagarna from the Spanish CSIF trade union organisation, broadly welcomes the agreement between the legislative negotiators and calls for a swift final adoption of the trilogue agreement.

2019-02-18 12:00

Following intensive discussions, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission have finalised trilogue negotiations concerning the establishment of a new European Labour Authority. A guest commentary by Terry Reintke, MEP from Germany and shadow rapporteur on the European Labour Authority for the Greens group in the European Parliament.

2019-02-12 12:00

On Monday 11th of February, a joint delegation of the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI) and its affiliate Luxemburg Confederation of Public Service (CGFP) have been invited by Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg to discuss the current situation of employees in the public sector, the European elections and Brexit.