European Policy Issues
GMB is a campaigning organisation. Our members
are increasingly affected by globalisation and European and
International level decision-making. To fully promote and protect
the rights and opportunities of our members, we need to actively
represent them at national, European and International level.
GMB is at the forefront of the European trade
union campaign to balance the social and economic dimensions of
Europe and ensure a future for our European Social Model, which -
though under threat - remains Europe's proudest and most popular
achievement. Over the years, workers in Britain and across Europe
have benefited from a raft of social and employment rights from
Europe such as: Health and Safety, Equal Pay and Equal Treatment,
Temporary Agency Workers, Part-Time and Fixed-Term Workers rights,
TUPE (transfer of undertakings protection of employees), protection
in Collective redundancies, and Information and Consultation rights
at European and national level.
Through our work with European and International
policy makers and our trade union colleagues, GMB has worked
to shape these laws and policies to try to achieve the maximum
benefits and protection possible for our members and their
families.
The GMB European Office researches and influences
European laws and initiatives to protect and benefit our members
and their families, providing them with greater rights, protections
and opportunities in their work and private lives. As well as more
detailed GMB European Briefings on specific policy issues, we
produce the GMB European News
Bulletin, a monthly round up of relevant European and
International policy and trade union news.
For further information on our European policy
work please click on the links in the left hand column or contact
the GMB European Office: gmb-brussels@gmbbrussels.be