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Luca Visentini

Luca Visentini is general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).

Cost-of-living emergency: Europe needs radical steps

Luca Visentini

Measures advanced by trade unions, and trade union involvement, will be key to getting through this crisis.

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On May 1st, need for solidarity greater than ever

Luca Visentini

From Ukraine to the cost-of-living crisis to the pandemic, the social challenges of the moment demand a solidaristic response.

Structural solutions for structural inequalities—a trade union perspective

Luca Visentini, Nicola Countouris and Philippe Pochet

Responses to the pandemic have upended the idea that ‘there is no alternative’ to macroeconomic policies engendering widening inequality.

The Social Summit—and beyond

Luca Visentini

Concrete commitments must follow today’s Social Summit in Porto if the promise of a social Europe is to be realised.

Trade unions are key to a safe exit from the pandemic

Luca Visentini

There can be no return to ‘business as usual’ after the crisis: the ‘new normal’ must entail a profound political and social transformation.

A message for May Day

Luca Visentini

Mayday, mayday: the leader of the European trade union movement warns of the threat from the populists in the coming EP elections.

The Trade Union Message To European Leaders

Luca Visentini

The economic situation and employment rates in Europe are improving. But it is much too early for complacency. Unemployment is still too high, most of

We Need A Strong ‘Social Pillar’ To Support Working People

Luca Visentini

The ‘European Pillar of Social Rights’: it could be a fine example of Euro-jargon masking very little substance, or it could be a chance for

Putting The EU Wrongs Right: The Trade Union View

Luca Visentini

Haven’t we all had enough of the doom-mongers predicting the end of the EU? Of comparisons to the last days of the Roman Empire or

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Spring Issues

The Summer issue of The Progressive Post is out!

It is time to take action and to forge a path towards a Socialist renewal. European Socialists struggle to balance their responsibilities with the need to take bold positions and actions in the face of many major crises, while far-right political parties are increasingly gaining ground. Against this background, we offer European progressive forces food for thought on projecting themselves into the future.

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The trend towards significant nominal minimum wage increases is continuing this year. In view of falling inflation rates, this translates into a sizeable increase in purchasing power for minimum wage earners in most European countries. Most EU countries are now following the reference values for adequate minimum wages enshrined in the European Minimum Wage Directive, which are 60% of the median wage or 50% of the average wage.

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