Home » Industrial relations » Transnational industrial relations » EU: IndustriALL Europe launches a debate on the definition for ‘essential production activities’ EU: IndustriALL Europe launches a debate on the definition for ‘essential production activities’ Europe’s industry trade union federation, IndustriALL Europe, has called for ‘stricter definitions of essential production in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries and for workers' rights to health protection to be safeguarded.’ As underlined in the press statement from 24 March, trade unions have reacted to a certain number of industrial activities in Italy and in Belgium having being designated as ‘essential’ and as such implying the requirement for workers to come to work and leave themselves potentially open to Covid-19. Italy’s industrial trade unions are calling for strike action and Belgium’s chemical industry trade unions have launched an online campaign. Through . Published on 24 March 2020 à 14h45 - Update on 24 March 2020 à 18h21 Resources Online campaign across Belgium’s chemical industry. ‘Across the country the chemical and pharmaceutical industries are still in operation because they have been designated as essential’, the IndustriALL Europe press statement underlined. ‘While most of the pharmaceutical sector could certainly merit the designation, IndustriALL Europe does contest that it equally applies to all of the chemical production industry.’ On 23 March,… 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 messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.CommentsThis 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