Central European Trade Union Network (CETUN)
@cetun.bsky.social
Regional grouping of @etuc-ces.bsky.social members promoting trade union structures and social dialogue in 🇪🇺, 🇦🇹, 🇭🇷, 🇨🇿, 🇭🇺, 🇱🇮, 🇲🇪, 🇷🇸, 🇸🇰, 🇸🇮, 🇨🇭
Co-funded by the EU
For more information, visit our website: www.cetun.eu
Co-funded by the EU
For more information, visit our website: www.cetun.eu
🇸🇰✊ CETUN stands in full solidarity with Slovak workers and the Confederation of Trade Unions of the Slovak Republic (KOZ SR) against unfair budget cuts.
Yet again, workers risk to be forced to carry the heaviest burden while corporations&fortunes remain untouched.
www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
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Yet again, workers risk to be forced to carry the heaviest burden while corporations&fortunes remain untouched.
www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
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No Austerity on Workers’ Backs: Solidarity with Slovak Workers Against Unfair Budget Cuts
In Slovakia, as across Europe, budget consolidation is yet again being pushed through without social dialogue and hits workers hardest. CETUN stands in solidarity with Slovak workers and calls for fai...
www.oegb.at
September 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🇸🇰✊ CETUN stands in full solidarity with Slovak workers and the Confederation of Trade Unions of the Slovak Republic (KOZ SR) against unfair budget cuts.
Yet again, workers risk to be forced to carry the heaviest burden while corporations&fortunes remain untouched.
www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
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Yet again, workers risk to be forced to carry the heaviest burden while corporations&fortunes remain untouched.
www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
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🔴The Quality Jobs Act announced today by President von der Leyen must meet the urgency of the situation facing working people
Trade unions have clear tests and, having waited so long for action, will not settle for half measures #SOTEU25
📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
Trade unions have clear tests and, having waited so long for action, will not settle for half measures #SOTEU25
📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🔴The Quality Jobs Act announced today by President von der Leyen must meet the urgency of the situation facing working people
Trade unions have clear tests and, having waited so long for action, will not settle for half measures #SOTEU25
📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
Trade unions have clear tests and, having waited so long for action, will not settle for half measures #SOTEU25
📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
🇪🇺 Wage gaps. Worker shortages. Social fragmentation.
Central Europe needs stronger collective bargaining to tackle these issues, as EU institutions have consistently stressed in various documents and legislative acts.
Our new resolution shows how we get there. 👇
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Central Europe needs stronger collective bargaining to tackle these issues, as EU institutions have consistently stressed in various documents and legislative acts.
Our new resolution shows how we get there. 👇
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June 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🇪🇺 Wage gaps. Worker shortages. Social fragmentation.
Central Europe needs stronger collective bargaining to tackle these issues, as EU institutions have consistently stressed in various documents and legislative acts.
Our new resolution shows how we get there. 👇
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Central Europe needs stronger collective bargaining to tackle these issues, as EU institutions have consistently stressed in various documents and legislative acts.
Our new resolution shows how we get there. 👇
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🚨 The 2025 ITUC Global Rights Index is out — and the picture for workers worldwide is grim with Central Europe no exception.
🔗 www.ituc-csi.org/global-right...
Governments & employers must be held accountable. Rights are not optional - they’re fundamental.
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🔗 www.ituc-csi.org/global-right...
Governments & employers must be held accountable. Rights are not optional - they’re fundamental.
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Global Rights Index - International Trade Union Confederation
Building Workers' Power
www.ituc-csi.org
June 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🚨 The 2025 ITUC Global Rights Index is out — and the picture for workers worldwide is grim with Central Europe no exception.
🔗 www.ituc-csi.org/global-right...
Governments & employers must be held accountable. Rights are not optional - they’re fundamental.
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🔗 www.ituc-csi.org/global-right...
Governments & employers must be held accountable. Rights are not optional - they’re fundamental.
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🔻 A new bill in #Hungary threatens media and civil society - including trade unions.
The “Transparency of Public Life” law could have devastating effects. #MASZSZ, the biggest trade union confederation in 🇭🇺, calls for its withdrawal: maszsz.hu/hirek/222/Vo...
Continue reading for more details 👇
The “Transparency of Public Life” law could have devastating effects. #MASZSZ, the biggest trade union confederation in 🇭🇺, calls for its withdrawal: maszsz.hu/hirek/222/Vo...
Continue reading for more details 👇
Vonják vissza az átláthatósági törvényjavaslatot!
Vonják vissza az átláthatósági törvényjavaslatot!
maszsz.hu
June 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🔻 A new bill in #Hungary threatens media and civil society - including trade unions.
The “Transparency of Public Life” law could have devastating effects. #MASZSZ, the biggest trade union confederation in 🇭🇺, calls for its withdrawal: maszsz.hu/hirek/222/Vo...
Continue reading for more details 👇
The “Transparency of Public Life” law could have devastating effects. #MASZSZ, the biggest trade union confederation in 🇭🇺, calls for its withdrawal: maszsz.hu/hirek/222/Vo...
Continue reading for more details 👇
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🚨 Public procurement = 14% of the EU’s GDP—over €2.4 trillion/year.
Too often, these contracts reward the cheapest bidder, regardless of labour rights, sustainability, or regional development.
That has to change. 🛑
🚨 Public procurement = 14% of the EU’s GDP—over €2.4 trillion/year.
Too often, these contracts reward the cheapest bidder, regardless of labour rights, sustainability, or regional development.
That has to change. 🛑
May 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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🚨 Public procurement = 14% of the EU’s GDP—over €2.4 trillion/year.
Too often, these contracts reward the cheapest bidder, regardless of labour rights, sustainability, or regional development.
That has to change. 🛑
🚨 Public procurement = 14% of the EU’s GDP—over €2.4 trillion/year.
Too often, these contracts reward the cheapest bidder, regardless of labour rights, sustainability, or regional development.
That has to change. 🛑
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Free belarusian trade union activists! Solidarity action in front of ÖGB. #FreeBelarusUnionists #Unionism_NOT_exstremism
Gemeinsam mit Gewerkschaften in der ganzen Welt machen wir aufmerksam auf die schlimme Situation in Belarus. Unsere schuldlos inhaftierten Kolleginnen und Kollegen dürfen nicht in Vergessenheit geraten!
#FreeBelarusUnionists #Unionism_NOT_extremism
#FreeBelarusUnionists #Unionism_NOT_extremism
Verfolgt und verhaftet, aber nicht vergessen
Internationaler Aktionstag gegen Ausschaltung der Gewerkschaften in Belarus
www.oegb.at
April 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Free belarusian trade union activists! Solidarity action in front of ÖGB. #FreeBelarusUnionists #Unionism_NOT_exstremism
Great to link up with colleagues from the Baltic Sea Trade Union Network (BASTUN) at their meeting in Riga - thanks for the warm welcome, invitation and powerful discussions! 🤝🌱
A powerful reminder of what cross-border trade union cooperation can achieve. Stronger cooperation = stronger voices 📣✊
A powerful reminder of what cross-border trade union cooperation can achieve. Stronger cooperation = stronger voices 📣✊
April 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Great to link up with colleagues from the Baltic Sea Trade Union Network (BASTUN) at their meeting in Riga - thanks for the warm welcome, invitation and powerful discussions! 🤝🌱
A powerful reminder of what cross-border trade union cooperation can achieve. Stronger cooperation = stronger voices 📣✊
A powerful reminder of what cross-border trade union cooperation can achieve. Stronger cooperation = stronger voices 📣✊
A just 🌱 transition needs more than climate goals. It needs fair wages, strong workers' rights & real social dialogue.
Across Central Europe, these foundations are threatened. Join us in Vienna to explore how social dialogue can enable a fair transition.
veranstaltung.akwien.at/de/social-di...
Across Central Europe, these foundations are threatened. Join us in Vienna to explore how social dialogue can enable a fair transition.
veranstaltung.akwien.at/de/social-di...
Social Dialogue for a Fair Green Transition
Eine Dialogveranstaltung von ÖGB, AK, CETUN und VÖWG
veranstaltung.akwien.at
April 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
A just 🌱 transition needs more than climate goals. It needs fair wages, strong workers' rights & real social dialogue.
Across Central Europe, these foundations are threatened. Join us in Vienna to explore how social dialogue can enable a fair transition.
veranstaltung.akwien.at/de/social-di...
Across Central Europe, these foundations are threatened. Join us in Vienna to explore how social dialogue can enable a fair transition.
veranstaltung.akwien.at/de/social-di...
In #Munich today a car crashed into a group of @social.verdi.de colleagues demonstrating for better wages. We hope that all injured survive. Our thoughts are with all those directly affected and their families.
February 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In #Munich today a car crashed into a group of @social.verdi.de colleagues demonstrating for better wages. We hope that all injured survive. Our thoughts are with all those directly affected and their families.
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The EU Commission has asked the ETUC to endorse the Competitiveness Compass - we cannot do this if it continues to undermine jobs, rights and standards
There is a need to create jobs and competitive companies but it’s not workers and their rights which are the problem
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
There is a need to create jobs and competitive companies but it’s not workers and their rights which are the problem
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
January 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The EU Commission has asked the ETUC to endorse the Competitiveness Compass - we cannot do this if it continues to undermine jobs, rights and standards
There is a need to create jobs and competitive companies but it’s not workers and their rights which are the problem
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
There is a need to create jobs and competitive companies but it’s not workers and their rights which are the problem
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
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A highly controversial opinion was submitted to the Court of Justice of the EU today.
⚠️ It calls for the axing of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive 🤯
"This opinion, if confirmed, would be a huge blow to working people and their trade unions."
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
⚠️ It calls for the axing of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive 🤯
"This opinion, if confirmed, would be a huge blow to working people and their trade unions."
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
www.etuc.org
January 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A highly controversial opinion was submitted to the Court of Justice of the EU today.
⚠️ It calls for the axing of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive 🤯
"This opinion, if confirmed, would be a huge blow to working people and their trade unions."
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
⚠️ It calls for the axing of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive 🤯
"This opinion, if confirmed, would be a huge blow to working people and their trade unions."
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
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🆘 🚗 The automotive industry is in crisis and Europe needs to respond quickly.
We need negotiated plans with genuine efforts to look for alternatives to layoffs and, where necessary, to put in place a moratorium on forced redundancies.
news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1173
industriAll Europe sounds the alarm on the automotive industry crisis
In recent weeks, the automotive industry and its supply chain have been hit by a tsunami of job cut announcements and restructuring.
news.industriall-europe.eu
December 3, 2024 at 3:08 PM
🆘 🚗 The automotive industry is in crisis and Europe needs to respond quickly.
We need negotiated plans with genuine efforts to look for alternatives to layoffs and, where necessary, to put in place a moratorium on forced redundancies.
news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1173
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💶The minimum wage directive - where are we?
This week, the transposition deadline for the Minimum Wage Directive passed, meaning that all EU countries should've taken action, among other things to promote #collectivebargaining
The @etuc-ces.bsky.social made a state of play
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This week, the transposition deadline for the Minimum Wage Directive passed, meaning that all EU countries should've taken action, among other things to promote #collectivebargaining
The @etuc-ces.bsky.social made a state of play
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November 20, 2024 at 8:25 AM
💶The minimum wage directive - where are we?
This week, the transposition deadline for the Minimum Wage Directive passed, meaning that all EU countries should've taken action, among other things to promote #collectivebargaining
The @etuc-ces.bsky.social made a state of play
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This week, the transposition deadline for the Minimum Wage Directive passed, meaning that all EU countries should've taken action, among other things to promote #collectivebargaining
The @etuc-ces.bsky.social made a state of play
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The EU must stop pushing for weaker worker protections & public service deregulation in negotiations for a 🇨🇭-EU framework agreement.
🇪🇺 Neighboring countries should NOT have to compromise on labour standards & public services.
Read our latest resolution 👉 www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
🇪🇺 Neighboring countries should NOT have to compromise on labour standards & public services.
Read our latest resolution 👉 www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
Protect workers’ rights and public services in negotiations for a Swiss-EU institutional framework agreement
The EU's neighbours should not have to compromise on labour standards or public services to maintain good relations with their biggest economic partner. Current EU-Switzerland negotiations risk just t...
www.oegb.at
November 19, 2024 at 3:34 PM
The EU must stop pushing for weaker worker protections & public service deregulation in negotiations for a 🇨🇭-EU framework agreement.
🇪🇺 Neighboring countries should NOT have to compromise on labour standards & public services.
Read our latest resolution 👉 www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
🇪🇺 Neighboring countries should NOT have to compromise on labour standards & public services.
Read our latest resolution 👉 www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
🤝Inspiration from NFS & BASTUN: Our study trip to Stockholm highlighted the power of regional trade union cooperation & explored:
✅ Nordic model 🇮🇸🇫🇴🇬🇱🇳🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮
✅ Cross-border union coordination&solidarity
✅ Defending workers' vs MNCs
👉https://t.ly/It1Y3
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✅ Nordic model 🇮🇸🇫🇴🇬🇱🇳🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮
✅ Cross-border union coordination&solidarity
✅ Defending workers' vs MNCs
👉https://t.ly/It1Y3
Tags below ⬇️
November 19, 2024 at 3:21 PM
🤝Inspiration from NFS & BASTUN: Our study trip to Stockholm highlighted the power of regional trade union cooperation & explored:
✅ Nordic model 🇮🇸🇫🇴🇬🇱🇳🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮
✅ Cross-border union coordination&solidarity
✅ Defending workers' vs MNCs
👉https://t.ly/It1Y3
Tags below ⬇️
✅ Nordic model 🇮🇸🇫🇴🇬🇱🇳🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮
✅ Cross-border union coordination&solidarity
✅ Defending workers' vs MNCs
👉https://t.ly/It1Y3
Tags below ⬇️
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🔴 Most European governments failed to meet Friday's deadline to put the minimum wage directive into national law - and some are even working against the aims of the directive
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
November 18, 2024 at 2:41 PM
🔴 Most European governments failed to meet Friday's deadline to put the minimum wage directive into national law - and some are even working against the aims of the directive
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
Inspiring discussion on 'enhanced multi-union transnational cooperation', esp. re/ new work challenges.
Thanks @etui.bsky.social for spotlighting CEE industrial relations 20y post-EU accession & having us on session 3! Watch the recording at: youtube.com/watch?v=SZaS...
Thanks @etui.bsky.social for spotlighting CEE industrial relations 20y post-EU accession & having us on session 3! Watch the recording at: youtube.com/watch?v=SZaS...
November 15, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Inspiring discussion on 'enhanced multi-union transnational cooperation', esp. re/ new work challenges.
Thanks @etui.bsky.social for spotlighting CEE industrial relations 20y post-EU accession & having us on session 3! Watch the recording at: youtube.com/watch?v=SZaS...
Thanks @etui.bsky.social for spotlighting CEE industrial relations 20y post-EU accession & having us on session 3! Watch the recording at: youtube.com/watch?v=SZaS...
🚨 The EU Adequate Minimum Wages Directive (#AMWD) is a milestone for EU Employment Policy: It is key to fairer wages & more collective bargaining across 🇪🇺.
Some Member States will miss today's (15 NOv'24) transposition deadline. Even worse: Some proceed to frankly cynical "transpositions".⬇️
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Some Member States will miss today's (15 NOv'24) transposition deadline. Even worse: Some proceed to frankly cynical "transpositions".⬇️
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November 15, 2024 at 10:01 AM
🚨 The EU Adequate Minimum Wages Directive (#AMWD) is a milestone for EU Employment Policy: It is key to fairer wages & more collective bargaining across 🇪🇺.
Some Member States will miss today's (15 NOv'24) transposition deadline. Even worse: Some proceed to frankly cynical "transpositions".⬇️
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Some Member States will miss today's (15 NOv'24) transposition deadline. Even worse: Some proceed to frankly cynical "transpositions".⬇️
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It's 20 years since 2004⏱️
This🧵takes stock of past 🇪🇺 enlargement rounds from a CE perspective & draws lessons for the future: Both concerning #EU #convergence & potential #enlargement.
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Read below 👇the key messages from our latest resolution 👉 www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
This🧵takes stock of past 🇪🇺 enlargement rounds from a CE perspective & draws lessons for the future: Both concerning #EU #convergence & potential #enlargement.
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Read below 👇the key messages from our latest resolution 👉 www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
Expanding Social Europe: An Imperative for EU Convergence and Enlargement
As past EU enlargement rounds failed to ensure an expansion of Social Europe, twenty years on wage differences between member states remain staggering. Effective social dialogue and stronger labour ri...
www.oegb.at
November 15, 2024 at 9:54 AM
It's 20 years since 2004⏱️
This🧵takes stock of past 🇪🇺 enlargement rounds from a CE perspective & draws lessons for the future: Both concerning #EU #convergence & potential #enlargement.
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Read below 👇the key messages from our latest resolution 👉 www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
This🧵takes stock of past 🇪🇺 enlargement rounds from a CE perspective & draws lessons for the future: Both concerning #EU #convergence & potential #enlargement.
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Read below 👇the key messages from our latest resolution 👉 www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
📢Only 9/27 🇪🇺 member states have >80% collective bargaining coverage. The Adequate Minimum Wages Directive (#AMWD) and @ec.europa.eu aims to remedy this.
A timely & faithful transposition must be ensured to reduce 📉differences in 🇪🇺 #wages & get a fair deal for #workers⬇️ www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
A timely & faithful transposition must be ensured to reduce 📉differences in 🇪🇺 #wages & get a fair deal for #workers⬇️ www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
For an efficient transposition of the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in all EU Member States
Directive (EU) 2022/2041 is one of the most important social and employment policy achievements of the 2019-2024 legislative term. Its timely, adequate and faithful transposition of the Directive acro...
www.oegb.at
November 15, 2024 at 9:46 AM
📢Only 9/27 🇪🇺 member states have >80% collective bargaining coverage. The Adequate Minimum Wages Directive (#AMWD) and @ec.europa.eu aims to remedy this.
A timely & faithful transposition must be ensured to reduce 📉differences in 🇪🇺 #wages & get a fair deal for #workers⬇️ www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
A timely & faithful transposition must be ensured to reduce 📉differences in 🇪🇺 #wages & get a fair deal for #workers⬇️ www.oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
In March 2024, CETUN participants reaffirmed their commitment to closer cooperation between trade unions in the region🤝
The launch event emphasised #SocialDialogue as a cornerstone of the European Social Model
More at: oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
co-funded by 🇪🇺
@EU_Social
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The launch event emphasised #SocialDialogue as a cornerstone of the European Social Model
More at: oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
co-funded by 🇪🇺
@EU_Social
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November 15, 2024 at 9:42 AM
In March 2024, CETUN participants reaffirmed their commitment to closer cooperation between trade unions in the region🤝
The launch event emphasised #SocialDialogue as a cornerstone of the European Social Model
More at: oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
co-funded by 🇪🇺
@EU_Social
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The launch event emphasised #SocialDialogue as a cornerstone of the European Social Model
More at: oegb.at/der-oegb/eur...
co-funded by 🇪🇺
@EU_Social
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In 2021, trade unionists from Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland decided to improve their cooperation in the region and at 🇪🇺 level.
🧱The foundations for a Central European Trade Union Network were laid.🧱
🧱The foundations for a Central European Trade Union Network were laid.🧱
November 15, 2024 at 9:33 AM
In 2021, trade unionists from Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland decided to improve their cooperation in the region and at 🇪🇺 level.
🧱The foundations for a Central European Trade Union Network were laid.🧱
🧱The foundations for a Central European Trade Union Network were laid.🧱