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European elections show youth dissatisfaction28/05/2014The 2014 European Parliament election results send a clear message that European citizens – including precarious young workers and jobseekers – feel that European decision-makers have not done enough to address unemployment and guarantee the participation of young people in the European labour... -
Youths lead the 50,000 strong European trade union demonstration to reclaim their future04/04/2014On Friday 4 April 2014, representatives of six European trade union federations (ETUFs), together with the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) youth delegation, led 50,000 demonstrators through Brussels to demand a new path for Europe that includes a secure future for young people in the... -
Six European Trade Union Federations shock Brussels with flash mob to highlight the critical situation of young workers in Europe02/04/2014On Wednesday 2 April 2014, in the run up to the European elections in May, European Trade Union Federations’ (ETUF) youth organisations conducted a large flash mob in central Brussels to reinforce their demand that EU institutions and employers put youth at the top of their agenda. Under the slogan... -
Enough of their crisis – back to our future: European Trade Union Federations launch campaign to reclaim youth’s future07/03/2014On Friday 7 March 2014, in the run up to the European elections in May, the European trade union federations’ youth organisations launched a joint campaign calling on the EU institutions and employers to put youth at the top of their agenda. Under the slogan “Enough of their crisis – back to our... -
Initiatives arising from the first EFFAT Youth Committee meeting11/02/2014As mentioned in our circular of 20 December 2013, EFFAT has established a Youth Committee that will meet regularly as one of EFFAT’s constitutional committees and will be represented at meetings of the EFFAT governing bodies.At its inaugural meeting of 9 December 2013, the Youth Committee nominated... -
European trade union federations will together ‘take back the future’ for Europe’s disenfranchised youth10/02/2014Tragically high levels of youth unemployment are destroying the social fabric of Europe but a new campaign by six European trade union federations will help young people reclaim the rights taken from them by the economic crisis and the austerity that has followed – claim union leaders Eduardo...