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| Migration | Mobility

EU Must Increase Intra-EU Mobility

Intra EU mobility is too low. Voluntary use of the freedom of mobility must be promoted and the European Commission, Council and Parliament have to direct attention to this task.
“Real Freedom of Mobility” is the name of the recently adopted position for one of three priority themes of Eurocadres, addressing the issue.

Eurocadres’ Office closed 23-24 November

Due to the current security situation in Brussels the office of Eurocadres will remain closed on 23-24 November.To get in touch with the Secretariat please use e-mails on our Contact page.President…

Eurocadres Stands in Solidarity with Paris

Eurocadres expresses its solidarity with the people of France.
Our thoughts go to the people of Paris and our friends in the French trade unions.

| Trade secrets

Real mobility for professionals

As Eurocadres has emphasized during the past year, the proposed trade secrets definition and limitation period are a threat to real freedom of mobility for professionals.

| Digitalisation | Employment

The Single Market Strategy will have a big impact on the labour market

The Single Market Strategy was presented by the Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen and Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska on 28 October 2015. The Strategy aims at creating a deeper and fairer…

| Digitalisation | Education & Training

The Commission Work Programme focuses further on growth and jobs

The Commission published its new Work Programme for 2016 on 27 October 2015 setting out 23 key initiatives across the Commission’s 10 political priorities. Eurocadres, representing professional and managerial staff, is…

| Trade secrets

Safeguards for workers, journalists and public authorities

Joint NGO letter on Trade Secrets Directive calls on EU Parliament to defend safeguards for workers, journalists and public authorities.

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| General

Declaration of French Delegates to General Assembly

The French Delegation of six trade union member organisations presented its joint declaration to the General Assembly on 20 October 2015. The declaration can be read hereafter in French. (Google…

| Migration | Mobility

Real Freedom of Mobility

Only addressing the posting of workers directive and social security coordination is not good enough. There are many more issues that need to be addressed.

ICT2015 in Lisbon
| Digitalisation

Digitalisation is taking over

The European Commission organised its biggest digital event of the year, ICT2015, with more than 7000 participants in Lisbon. The biggest aims and challenges for the digital era are how to create growth and jobs. Many talk about the 900.000 unfilled vacancies and skills mismatch in Europe, which were also mentioned at the event.