In a letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, published on 30 August, Esther Lynch, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), set out her organisation’s expectations for the State of the Union speech to be given by the President on 13 September.
In particular, the unions are calling on her to address “a social justice emergency in Europe” as workers have seen their purchasing power collapse while corporate profits and dividends have soared, and...