Home » Industrial relations » Transnational industrial relations » EU: ETUC and European union federations issue joint statement on involvement of workers in managing Covid-19 crisis EU: ETUC and European union federations issue joint statement on involvement of workers in managing Covid-19 crisis Through . Published on 06 July 2020 à 11h11 - Update on 06 July 2020 à 16h52 Resources On 29 June, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the union federations IndustriAll Europe, UNI Europa (services), EFFAT (food, agriculture and tourism), EPSU (public service workers), ETF (transport) and EFBWW (building and woodworkers) published a joint statement calling for greater worker involvement in managing the Covid-19 crisis. The signatories, which underline that “social dialogue, collective bargaining and worker involvement in the workplace are key to shape responsible restructuring processes”, demand that workers and their representatives: have timely access to meaningful and comprehensive up-to-date information about the likely impact of the Covid-19 crisis on company economic performance, jobs and working conditions; and have enough time and resources to run in-depth assessment of the information provided with the support of economic/financial experts to work on alternatives to redundancies, closures, and any other measures which would negatively impact workers’ interests. The statement also calls for a guarantee from public authorities that workers will be able to exercise those rights. Managing the fallout of Covid-19 Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageCommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels