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
ETUC Guidelines to provide inputs in the Public debate for the EU Economic Governance Review – deadline 31 December 2021
The European Commission has relaunched the consultation on “economic governance”: the rules that govern economic policymaking across EU countries. Our aim is to move away from austerity and create conditions that bring about the permanent mobilisation of resources for...
Call to Action : Request to appoint members of the ETUC expert group on social aspects of Sustainable Finance – Deadline 20 December 2021
Dear Colleagues, The ETUC is setting up a Trade Union expert group on social aspects of Sustainable Finance. All info concerning scope and functioning of the Group is in the Terms of reference hereby attached. We invite member organisations to propose up to 2 names...
2022 European Semester: Autumn package
On 24th November 2021 the European Commission published the documents for Autumn package of the 2022 European Semester, including the Annual Sustainable Growth Survey, Proposal for Joint Employment Report, Alert Mechanism Report, and Euro area recommendation. All the...
ETUC resolution for Recovery and Social Progress 2022
Adopted at the virtual Executive Committee Meeting of 5-6 October 2021 A new economic modelThe EU Semester 2022 is an opportunity for the EU to move toward a practice that looks beyond the GDP and adopt a development model that is conducive to a just transition...
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