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Staff to hold demonstration outside Berlaymont tomorrow. EU staff unions have announced plans to hold a demonstration outside the European Commission's Berlaymont...

Staff to hold demonstration outside Berlaymont tomorrow. EU staff unions have announced plans to hold a demonstration outside the European Commission's Berlaymont...

Commission prepares for confrontation with staff over pay and conditions. The college of European commissioners has embarked on a confrontation with European Union staff over...

More competition is one element in developing what is now workers' most important asset: education. US President Barack Obama, like many Western leaders nowadays, made...

The world of work has changed. Our view of labour relations has to do the same. The economic crisis has increased unemployment dramatically, to a point where 23 million...

Open-plan offices for the EEAS! The European External Action Service (EEAS) has had a difficult start to life, and things are not about to get easier.

It's the glittering awards season. Prizes are much in vogue at this time of year. The Silver Rose Awards are organised each year by Solidar, a network of non-governmental...

EU agency says more needs to be done to achieve equality. A decade after the European Union passed a law against racial discrimination in the workplace, equal treatment is...

Commission to hold talks with labour unions and business groups. The European Commission will open a second round of talks with labour unions, business groups and others in...

Disruption expected during next week's 'day of action'. Officials working in the EU institutions in Brussels have been warned to expect serious disruption to their work on...

As Europe's economic woes worsen, the threat of social unrest is increasing. But maintaining the social peace is not impossible. One of the uncertainties weighing on the...

Consultation with unions and employers' groups launched on whether the law needs to be changed. The European Commission today launched a new attempt to get agreement on...

Klaus Welle shows off his peacemaking skills. The staff unions of the European Parliament had threatened to disrupt the European commissioners' hearings this week, in...

Member states block 3.7% pay rise for officials; staff unions at Council to take strike action today. The European Commission is set to take the Council of Ministers to...

Staff at the Council of Ministers will go on strike on Thursday after national governments refuse to raise their pay. Staff at the EU's Council of Ministers have decided to...

First attempt at a deal collapsed in April. The European Commission will in the coming weeks begin its second attempt to overhaul EU rules on working time. Its first attempt...

Now is the time for Europe to move forward and build a society on better, fairer, more equal foundations – and trade unions have a big part to play in the transformation....

A department that instructs its officials to provide as little information as possible is not interested in genuine dialogue. Next week, the European Commission's trade...

The Commission and EU leaders has failed to realise that the ECJ has shattered Europe's fragile social contract. The recent wildcat strikes at the Lindsey oil refinery in...

European Socialists join trade unionists in accusing EU of allowing rules on the free movement of labour rules to be used to drive down wages. An industrial dispute in the...