The campaign of End Precarious Work is powered by EFFAT, EFBWW, EPSU, ETF, IndustriAll, UNI-Europa, ETUC.
For many years, the European Trade Union Federations and the ETUC have been fighting against the growing precarisation of work. With this multi-sectoral project, the trade unions want to build on the work undertaken so far by each of them and
jointly elaborate a common strategy for decent work and equal treatment for all workers.
With this common action, the European Trade Union Federations and the ETUC want to achieve the following key objectives:
facilitate the internal discussion amongst EFFAT, EFBWW, EPSU, ETF, IndustriAll, UNI-Europa, ETUC and their national affiliates on how to join forces in the fight against precarious work;
raise awareness of the various forms of precarious work and the damaging impact of the growing casualisation of employment;
highlight the need for a harmonised Europe-wide framework of labour and social legislation with binding minimum standards for all, to avoid social dumping and unfair competition, and to ensure decent work and equal treatment for all workers;
come up with proposals for solutions: what needs to be done to close legal and administrative loopholes which facilitate the casualisation and precarisation of employment;
ETUFs and ETUC are particularly keen on:
addressing the employment and social dimensions of EU priorities relating to the recovery from the crisis, taking into account increasing inequalities within and between Member States
strengthening the capacity of workers' organisations to address, at EU/transnational level, changes in employment, modernisation of the labour market, quality of work, anti-discrimination, active inclusion and decent work
This campaign pays particular attention to vulnerable groups most severely hit by the growing number of precarious jobs, such as women, young people and migrants.
