Mobility and migration: co-ordination of social security – a stabilising element for life and work in Europe
In its 2014 education and training year, the European Centre for Workers’ Questions (EZA)…
Trade union strategies to promote good labour relations in a changing industrial landscape
Workers’ organisations face huge challenges everywhere in Europe today: globalisation and the impact of the…
Prospects for trade union action in Europe during and after the crisis: challenges, strategic approaches, self-conception and positioning
In the 2013 budget year, under its education and training…
Checking the Balance Between Work and Private Life
In the 2013 budget year and under its “European Social Dialogue” education and training programme, the EZA project co-ordination on the issue of…
Ways out of the Debt Crisis
The crisis countries, particularly those in southern Europe, find themselves exposed to a worrying downward spiral. Growing public debt calls for cuts in social security…
Information and consultation in small and medium-sized companies (SMEs)
The need to recognise and guarantee workers’ rights for participation or rather for information and consultation is derived…
More and better jobs
Between now and 2020, 75 % of those aged between 20 and 64 should be in employment, thereby meeting one of the core targets devised by the European Union in its “Europe 2020”…
Social Inclusion
Numbers and figures are, often, not enough to describe the living situations of those affected. However, the figure of 78 million people, who live in poverty within the European…
Balance between Flexibility and Security
During the last years, what direction has the supposed symbiosis of two different systems (flexibility and security in the workplace) taken? Can we really…
Participative worker training and education in Europe
In order to be able to understand and arrange content and to allow participation, we must be able to make connections and, thereby, such skills,…
Ethics in enterprises
The use of “Ethics in Business” is currently highly stylised as a competitive advantage by many interested parties as a management element for sector participants.
The…
Equal opportunities for women and men on the labour market
Nowadays, it seems obvious that women should be allowed to vote. However, a good 100 years ago, it was very unusual for many women to be…
Small and medium-sized enterprises in the European Union
Even if the most of the public’s attention is focused on social dialogue in large companies, the overwhelming number of workers in Europe are…
Migration and labour markets in selected regions of the European Union
The migration of workers at the outer borders of the EU and their impact on the job market is an issue that has been discussed…
Flexicurity - more security through greater flexibility in the labour market?
The flexicurity concept has been on the agenda of the European social policy for several years. At the moment, it is a…
"Stop the pandemic: Safety and health at work can save lives" - that is the slogan of this year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work in Geneva on 28 April co-ordinated by the International…
Compatibility of work and family life With kind support of the European Union Publisher information Editor: European Centre for Workers’ Questions, Königswinter www.eza.org Author: Michael Schwarz…
Conciliação da vida profissional e familiar Com o simpático apoio da União Europeia Ficha técnica Editor: Centro Europeu para Assuntos dos Trabalhadores, Königswinter www.eza.org Autor: Michael…
Coordenação de projeto EZA 2010 Stresse Um desafio para a saúde e higiene no trabalho Com o simpático apoio da União Europeia Ficha técnica Editor: Centro Europeu para Assuntos dos Trabalhadores,…
Coordonarea proiectelor EZA 2010 Stres O provocare pentru protecţia sănătăţii la locul de muncă Cu ajutorul prietenesc al Uniunea Europeană Caseta lucrarii Editor: Centrul european pentru…