The agreement between the European Parliament and the EU Council on Thursday 7 February on the Working Conditions Directive was generally welcomed by trade unions as “a step in the right direction”, even though they unanimously denounced the exclusion of many workers, particularly from the public sector.
As a reminder, the sealed agreement provides for the exclusion of all workers who have a contract of less than 12 hours per month (or 3 hours per week), but also of many public service...