In view of the finalisation of the Clean Industrial Deal, to be presented on 26 February 2025, Trade unions throughout Europe have been calling for an ambitious European industrial policy backed up by significant investments with social conditionalities.
The mobilisation of workers threatened by job losses throughout Europe and the large demonstration organised by industriAll Europe on 5 February in Brussels have once again strongly demonstrated the necessity for the EU to take urgent action to safeguard and create quality jobs now.
Europe has already lost 2.5 million manufacturing jobs since 2008 and nearly 100,000 jobs have been lost in the European steel industry alone. Job losses are not confined to the manufacturing sector. Other sectors of the economy are also suffering from risks of forced redundancies and closures, that would weaken the European economy and entail the loss of thousands of jobs.
In this framework - it is important that the Clean Industrial Deal includes immediate and effective measures for an ambitious European industrial policy for quality jobs.
Europe cannot miss this opportunity. Urgent and strong measures are necessary to defend EU industrial and economic capacity and to create and safeguard quality jobs. Together with the ETUC, industriAll Europe calls for the full involvement of social partners in the implementation of the Clean Industrial Deal.
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The mobilisation of workers threatened by job losses throughout Europe and the large demonstration organised by industriAll Europe on 5 February in Brussels have once again strongly demonstrated the necessity for the EU to take urgent action to safeguard and create quality jobs now.
Europe has already lost 2.5 million manufacturing jobs since 2008 and nearly 100,000 jobs have been lost in the European steel industry alone. Job losses are not confined to the manufacturing sector. Other sectors of the economy are also suffering from risks of forced redundancies and closures, that would weaken the European economy and entail the loss of thousands of jobs.
In this framework - it is important that the Clean Industrial Deal includes immediate and effective measures for an ambitious European industrial policy for quality jobs.
Europe cannot miss this opportunity. Urgent and strong measures are necessary to defend EU industrial and economic capacity and to create and safeguard quality jobs. Together with the ETUC, industriAll Europe calls for the full involvement of social partners in the implementation of the Clean Industrial Deal.
Read the full letter here