In recent years a worrying trend has become more and more visible. Surveillance practices have increased, with not only governments tracking their citizens (China’s social scoring system) but also with companies using increasingly affordable technology to monitor their workforce and collect their... Find out more

Introducing the results of the ETUI Internet and Platform Work Survey: Agnieszka Piasna and Jan Drahokoupil, Senior Researchers, ETUIResearch on platform work at Eurofound: Irene Mandl, Head of Employment Unit, EurofoundComments: Ignacio Doreste, Advisor ETUC and Justin Nogarede, Digital Policy... Find out more

The world is being transformed in ways that will profoundly challenge human society. Trade unions facing these new realities can play an important part in shaping this future. With this in mind a major conference organised by the ETUC and ETUI will bring together globally-renowned experts to debate... Find out more

Event hosted by Philippe LAMBERTS - MEP Programme Introduction: Philippe Pochet, European Trade Union Institute Social Policy in the EU : state of play 2017 – Key messagesSebastiano Sabato and Bart Vanhercke, European Social Observatory Developments in the EU’s socio-economic governance: beyond... Find out more

Although economic forecasts are predicting a somewhat more optimistic outlook for the European economy, seen in absolute terms there is little reason to be optimistic about the European Union’s economic and social situation. What is more, the remains of the economic crisis are to be tackled in a... Find out more

The year 2016 has been a very productive one at the ETUI, as can be seen from the list of over 40 publications which you will find below. Find out more

The ETUI is starting a new series of events – the Foresight debates. The new cycle of lunchtime seminars should focus on global trends posing future challenges to our societies and economies. Karl Falkenberg, Senior Adviser for Sustainable Development to the President of the European Commission... Find out more

The purpose of this ETUC/ETUI conference is to discuss how the world and nature of work and employment is being changed radically by the digital revolution. Contrary to similar conferences, this event will not only focus on the quantity of work (‘will robots destroy our jobs?’) but also on the... Find out more

This year's TURI conference organised by the ETUI in cooperation with the Centre for social studies at the University of Coimbra and the Instituto Ruben Rolo, and kindly supported by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Portugal and Montepio Geral will start with a trade union public event on 11 May in... Find out more