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Which brings us to today. This week, the European Commission unveiled plans to push its social policy agenda once again in a bid to reconnect with disheartened citizens and coax voters not to place their faith in the populist fringes of the political spectrum. The European Pillar of Social Rights, presented on Wednesday by Employment Commissioner Marianne Thyssen, put forward 20 social principals it wants to see member states adopt. The most prominent include strengthening workers rights, reva...

The body representing civil society in Europe says it wants to be in the “driving seat” of the Conference that starts on 9 May and will last a year.

Oliver Röpke is the president of the Workers’ Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) The proposal for a minimum wage directive currently under discussion is of key political importance. It is the Commission’s social policy flagship initiative, announced by President von der Leyen at the beginning of her term of office. The proposal is not free from controversy, as expected in such an important measure. At its recent plenary session, the EESC backed with a broad majo...

For the first time after the signature of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement, Michel Barnier (pictured), head of the European Commission Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom, expressed publicly his views on the text during a debate at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) January plenary session.

EU Reporter Published 2 months ago British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (pictured) said there were lots of “teething problems” with the country’s adjustment to life outside the European Union’s single market but the hard-hit fishing industry would gain over the medium to longer term, write Guy Faulconbridge and William Schomberg. “Of course there are there are teething problems in lots of areas and that’s inevitable because this is a big change,” Johnson said during a visit to Sc...

Hasnt been entire lay good experience. so much changed in the last 50 years in the global and american economy. technology. an economic chiefly about making things to transfers those and services. why is transformation about the boogieman? >> easier to blame somebody else than blaming yourself for your problems. be clear. even without globalization, american workers would be facing a difficult time. i come from gary, indiana. a big steel town. like one of those towns. i went back there a few yea...

13,000 jobs in new york and vermont. an ibm worker group says its part of what they call workforce balancing efforts. as ibm puts more emphasis on cloud computing, which requires fewer employees. the odds werent very good for seekers in new jersey. more than 1300 people showed up at a casino to apply for 50 jobs. the line circled entirely around the fourth floor and to the floor below. another casino hotel closed last month, throwing 1600 people out of work, many of them were on the lines yest...

Of job prospects. so the money they have in cash. someone earlier this week told me its corporate engagement. theyre not engaging by building new factories and hiring workers. theyre keeping their money in the bank or gives it back to shareholders. so thats one reason why the stock market companies have been doing so well. but people dont feel it necessarily. and thats why a lot of twitter traffic this morning is what does it mean for me. we have 12 million people still out of work. i brought th...