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10/02/2019The training course ‘Empowering young workers to change trade unions’ was organised by ETUI and EFFAT in Sesimbra on 5-7 February 2019. The course aimed at fostering the participation of younger members in the next EFFAT Congress (November 2019).The seminar allowed EFFAT members to take an active...
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27/11/2018Are you under 35 years old, with some work experience or about to enter working life? Then we would like to hear from you! We are asking young people in Europe to share their thoughts on being an active member of society and working life in the future.This short, 10-minute survey will bring...
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04/12/2017At the 22 and 23 November 2017, EFFAT Executive Committee the Youth delegation gave a strong signal to EFFAT, writing a letter demanding that the organisation continues to strongly support its youngest members facing the challenges in the world of work ahead.Today young people are...
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14/09/2017On 15 September the Union of Autonomous trade unions in Croatia (SSSH), the Croatian Youth Network and Croatian Trade Union Matrix will organize a protest in Zagreb to demand better wages and working conditions for young workers.Along the slogan Youth are worth more, they will firmly oppose the...
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23/02/2017In a world where the labour market is in continuous evolution and where young workers in particular are increasingly facing precariousness if not unemployment, the renovation of Trade Unions is imperative in order to respond and to be able to properly address the new challenges ahead. This...
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26/02/2016The EFFAT Youth Committee gathered in Brussels on 29 January. The meeting focused on the response of trade unions to the challenges that young people are facing and explored ways of cooperating with the ETUC, NGOs and civil society organisations, including the European Youth Forum. EFFAT also...
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15/05/2015EFFAT joins ETUC and five other ETUFs and call on President Juncker to demonstrate commitment to youth employment 15 May 2015 EFFAT is among the six European Trade Union Federations that - together with ETUC - power the Back 2 our Future campaign. EFFAT joined forces in urging the...
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07/03/2014Ahead of the European elections in May 2014, Europe still finds itself in the midst of a crisis triggered by reckless financial speculators.The EU institutions have thus far failed root out the cause for the ensuing economic turmoil but instead installed ‘austerity measures’ that have slashed...
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04/12/2013Over the past two decades, traineeships have become an important entry point into the labour market for young people. Fostering the employability and productivity of young people is key to bringing them onto the labour market. However, although traineeships increasingly represent a standard feature...
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09/07/2013EFFAT member organisations recognise the urgency and importance of the current youth employment crisis. They therefore resolve to take swift, concrete action at all relevant levels and to support each other in tackling this challenge in all the EFFAT sectors, in accordance with the EFFAT...
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29/06/2013The European social partners - including the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), BUSINESSEUROPE, the European Association of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (UEAPME), and the European Centre of Employers and Enterprises Providing Public Services (CEEP) – reject the inevitability of a...