On World Post Day today, Europe's 1.8 million postal workers call on the European institutions to deliver a fair postal reform. It must modernise postal networks, expand universal service to guarantee affordable parcel delivery and ensure private operator pay their fair share for the public post.

On this World Day of Decent Work, we stand with all the young people whose futures are threatened by the EU's deregulatory race-to-the-bottom. Join us and dozens of trade unions at 10am on 20 October in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg to "fix or sink EU Inc."

On this day 15 years ago, 69 young labour activists were murdered in a far-right terrorist attack on Utøya island, Norway. Their memory carries a responsibility: to fight against the far right today.

The eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen has brought out a mass movement of workers and tenants in Spain. Now, Spain's biggest unions CCOO and UGT announced the country's first general strike in 14 years. We stand with Spain's workers and their unions in the fight for a right to housing.

A few months ago, the Dutch government announced over €6 billion in cuts to social security. But after a series of escalating actions by workers and their unions, the government scrapped its plan under the pressure from the streets and workplaces. When we fight, we can win.

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This morning, Romanian trade unionists protested in front of the European Commission in Brussels to demand respect for the EU minimum wage law. Minimum wages and sectoral bargaining are systematically blocked by employers and the government. We will keep fighting until our demands are met.

120 delegates from postal unions from across Europe gather in Berlin for their seventh regional conference stepping up pressure on EU legislators to put in place an EU Delivery Act that truly saves Europe’s public postal service.

After a 2-year fight and a credible strike threat, Norway's hairdressers won a major victory: advance sick pay, higher wages and paid unsocial hours. This victory is exceptional in a traditionally non-union sector. We sat down with hairdresser-turned-union leader Vivian Jacobsen to learn about it.

“I love the work I’m doing. But I can’t be assured that I can live to a good standard.” Jonathan, a 25-year-old retail worker in Sweden, says involuntary part-time work makes him unfree. He is unable to plan his free time, to afford dental care, to buy a home or to think about starting a family.

Our Regional Secretary Oliver Roethig joined thousands of protesting workers in his hometown Essen, Germany, today. German unions, including UNI affiliates ver.di and IG Bau, mobilise across 15 cities today against the government's sweeping cuts to the welfare state.

'EU Inc', or the 28th regime, started as an EU project to facilitate the expansion of small companies. Now, trade unions warn it could erode years of hard-earned labour rights.

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