trade unions

European Action Day for Coca-Cola workers on 5 May 2014

Solidarity and emancipation
Enough is enough. This was agreed by over 50 representatives of trade unions, workplace unions and staff committees during their meeting on 20-21 March 2014 in Madrid. The aim of the meeting was to exchange experiences on labor and working conditions at Coca-Cola in Europe.EFFAT, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions, and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Brussels Office, had invited to this conference in the Spanish capital. Supported by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, the colleagues of Coca-Cola from different ...
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The Work of Trade Unions in multinational Corporations

Solidarity and emancipation
Report on the European Networking conference in BrusselsExactly a year after the first meeting, the works councils of the Coca-Cola bottling company CCE AG in Germany and of the Norwegian, Dutch and Belgian CCEs met in Brussels on October 4 and 5, 2012 with colleagues from Spain, Croatia and Italy and representatives of the German Food, Beverages and Catering Union (NGG) and of the European Federation of Food, Agriculture & is Tourism Trade Unions, to consult on the next stage of cooperation at the European level. As had been the case last ...
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Beschäftigungs- und Sozialpolitik in der EU: Wer, wie, was?

Thilo Janssen
Solidarity and emancipation
Ende September 2010: Über 100 000 GewerkschafterInnen aus ganz Europa demonstrieren in Brüssel gegen die Krisenpolitik der EU. Die Demo zieht durch das Europaviertel, in dem sich die Gebäude des EU-Parlaments, der Kommission und des Ministerrates befinden. Wer aber ist der richtige Adressat für Forderungen nach besseren und sichereren Arbeitsplätzen, starkem Sozialschutz und existenzsichernden Einkommen? Die Beschäftigungsund Sozialpolitik in der EU ist komplex, schließlich gibt es in 27 Mitgliedsstaaten 27 institutionalisierte...
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