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(November 2008)

The annual ‘open issue’ of Transfer covers a series of different issues. Social pacts, security within flexicurity, solidarity and European Works Councils are some of the important subjects covered.
The coordinators of this issue are Jean-Yves Boulin and Kevin O'Kelly.
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(November 2008)

This seminar, organised by the ), will contribute to the understanding of the origins and consequences of the current financial and economic crisis, identify possible policy responses and propose new directions for reflection.

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(November 2008)

In 2007, the ETUI Education department and the ETUC produced a handbook that answers questions about the ESF .
The handbook provides some general information on the new structure of the ESF. More specifically, it provides targeted support to the trade union colleagues from the new twelve Member States, who are participating in the ESF for the first time. The handbook is available in 15 languages, with Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian recently added and translated in cooperation with ETUC.

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(November 2008)

Some lessons learnt from Private-Public Partnerships (PPPs) and the liberalisation of public services

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(November 2008)

A new open call for proposals for the EU Long Life Learning Programme has just been launched. On this opportunity, the ETUI handbook The EU Lifelong Learning programme: a handbook for trade unions has been revised to include details of the Strategic Priorities for the 2009 call for proposals.
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(October 2008)

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(October 2008)

Labour cooperation or labour conflict in the enlarged EU? Trade union responses to the rise of the automotive industry in Central-Eastern Europe (6/2008) and Job quality in Europe (7/2008).

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(October 2008)

The "transnational collective bargaining within a European multi-level system of industrial relations" conference will take place on 20-21 February 2009 in Brussels. A call for papers has been launched.
The deadline for the call for papers has been extended to 15th November 2008.
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(October 2008)

The network of trade union-related research institutes (TURI) has been created in order to facilitate the cooperation and exchange of knowledge between the institutes supporting the trade union movement across Europe while integrating the European dimension more naturally in their research work. It is a structural and non-thematic platform based on formal contacts between the institutes. TURI aims at helping trade union-related institutes to engage in comparative research. It is a tool for mapping expertise and it should facilitate the emergence of common projects. The network will be holding its first conference ‘The Future of Trade Union Structures and Strategies’ on 14th October in Brussels. The aim of the conference is to stimulate debate between the different national trade union related research institutions and trade union leaders, to exchange research results on different trade union structures and strategies and to deepen analysis that points towards policy implications for trade unions.

(August 2008)