Organisers of a European Citizens’ Initiative that seeks to halt sales of public water utilities say they have gathered one million signatures from across Europe, becoming the first such group to do so since the grass-roots efforts were launched last spring.
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In February 2011, three European-level trade union federations representing manufacturing workers agreed on a joint strategy to achieve stronger worker involvement in multinational companies. This joint approach has been triggered at least in part by a revised European Works Council directive, which came into force in June. The three federations want companies to find better ways to anticipate and manage change to minimise the negative impact it can have on employees.
UNI-Europa, die europäische Sektion des internationalen Dachverbands der Gewerkschaften des Medien- und Unterhaltungssektors (UNI-MEI), hat sich in der Debatte um Netzneutralität für eine Totalüberwachung jeglichen Netzverkehrs ausgesprochen.