12/12/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 and 11 December, European trade unions called for “a moratorium on compulsory redundancies” in the EU and adopted a statement to this effect during their Executive Committee meeting, according to a press release from the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). The ETUC had invited President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council António Costa. “The call [...] comes amid a wave of layoffs in sectors ranging from the car industry to the banking sector. Between 2008 and 2023, 2.3 million manufacturing jobs were lost in the EU, including almost a almost a million job losses in manufacturing since 2019”, [reads the press release]. “[This] situation shows the urgent need for a European industrial policy, supported by a permanent SURE-style investment mechanism, and a directive dedicated to ensuring there is a just transition”. Link to the call: https://aeur.eu/f/eru (SP)