Over the past decade, online labour platforms have increased dramatically, such type of work inherently brings specific hazards. We had the pleasure to interview Pierre Bérastégui, Researcher at the ETUI, author of the publication "Exposure to psychosocial risk factors in the gig economy - a... Find out more

The concerns of health and care workers go well beyond the pandemic and pay, touching on their human dignity. As the pandemic gathered strength across Europe last year, several governments promised—and some gave—‘danger money’ bonuses for frontline workers in health and social care. But these only... Find out more

The European Social Summit, which took place on 8 May 2021 in Porto, was a missed chance to reconcile the social and environmental dimensions of the challenges posed by climate change. The post-pandemic reality represented a good opportunity to build a socio-ecological agenda and sustainable... Find out more

Germany - Landmark agreement on teleworkers in rubber industry Trade union IG BCE signed a pioneer agreement that can inspire sister unions across Europe. In the rubber industry, trade unionists from now on have a legal right to engage with teleworkers. This new agreement is a novelty in the field... Find out more

A recent report from the Fairwork Foundation, an action-research project based at the Oxford Internet Institute, rated eleven of the UK’s most popular digital labour platforms according to how fairly they treat workers. Only two achieved more than five points out of ten. Platforms were assessed on... Find out more

subscribe to our newsletters The European Commission’s proposals for the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is currently being discussed by the European Parliament and the Council. Its aim is to foster a sustainable and competitive agricultural sector that can contribute to the European... Find out more

In the rubber industry, the German Mining, Chemical and Energy Industrial Union (IG BCE) and its employer counterpart (ADK) have concluded Germany's first social partner agreement on digital access rights. This agreement applies to 30,000 workers in 100 rubber companies nationwide and aims to... Find out more

The day after the end of European Social Summit on 8 May 2021 in Porto, the Conference on the Future of Europe was launched at an event in Strasbourg. At these two events, the heads of state and government, together with the presidents of the European institutions, demonstrated to what extent the... Find out more

One of the unwitting effects of the crisis has been to remake the case for dialogue between social partners to solve major problems. Hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers crossing Europe to help with the harvest but facing a patchwork of inconsistent national border rules. European fishermen... Find out more

The pandemic threatens to exacerbate gender inequalities and reinforce the association between women and unpaid care—unless contrary action is taken. The pandemic has exposed the underlying and deeply-rooted inequalities between genders which have persisted despite decades-long legislative efforts... Find out more