The ETUC Semester Toolkit is a work environment dedicated to Trade Union Semester Liaison Officers (TUSO) for coordination and advocacy of trade union positions throughout the European Semester at EU and national level.
The ETUC Semester Toolkit serves the ETUC objectives in the EU Semester which include fight austerity, support sustainable and social investment, empower trade unions.
anti austerity action
Providing inputs, idea and actions that promote reforms and policy priorities that aim at social progress and upward convergence of working and living conditions, in opposition to a reformed Stability and Growth Pact which leads to austerity-driven reforms.
Investments for sustainability and quality jobs
Providing inputs for investments using social and environmental criteria such as environmental sustainability, social inclusion, employment creation and quality jobs, in opposition to criteria that gives priority to fiscal or macroeconomic sustainability.
Trade union involvement and capacity building
Establishing plans and solidarity measures to ensure that trade union involvement is ensured at European level under the ETUC coordination and, with equal opportunities for all ETUC members, in all member states.
CAPACITY BUILDING
- Continuous training for TUSLO (in cooperation with ETUI)
- ETUC index for sustainable growth and social convergence (#EUSDG8 index)
- RETHINKING. High-level dialogues to reshape our development model pursuing social and environmental sustainability
latest news
Trade Union Inputs to the Social Convergence Framework, European Semester 2025.
10 countries were found to experience excessive social divergences. 8 of them were consulted in tripartite format as foreseen in the Joint Statement of European Social Partners. Trade unions from 7 countries sent inputs in written form that will be attached to the...
National Escape Clause: increased defence expenditure within the Stability and Growth Pact
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION Accommodating increased defence expenditure within the Stability and Growth Pact: Link here: WARNING ACTIVATION: Member States are invited to come forward with their requests to activate the national escape clause by the end of April...
An EU-financed Investment Facility for quality jobs and just transitions
The ETUC supports the creation of an EU Investment Facility financed and deployed at the EU level. Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 10-11 December 2024. English version: An EU-financed Investment Facility for quality jobs and just transitions | ETUC...
2025 AUTUMN PACKAGE – SOCIAL CONVERGENCE FRAMEWORK
The Autumn Package incudes tools for the policy coordination, including social common objectives and social CSRs implementation. To be watched: Progresses toward the Porto targets on employment, access to education/training and poverty - Joint Employment Report Upward...
events
7 March 2025 – European Semester structured dialogue with the Social Partners
This round of consultation is reserved to countries that are under review in the framework of the Social Convergence Framework: Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Romania, Spain. The meeting will be on the 7th of March from...
TUSLO meeting. Preparing consultation on country recommendations 2025
TUSLO online event, convened on the 21st of February 2025with the following agenda: Item 1: Social Convergence Framework, second phase: consultation with social partners of the 10 countries under in-depth review (Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Estonia, Hungary, Italy,...