Opinions with Workers' Group members as rapporteur/co-rapporteur/rapporteur-general

  • Adopted on 27/04/2023 - Bureau decision date: 15/11/2022
    Reference
    INT/1010-EESC-2023-00254-00-00-ac-tra
    Employers - GR I
    Portugal
    Workers - GR II
    Malta
    Plenary session number
    578
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    This is an exploratory opinion requested by the Swedish presidency of the Council as a follow-up to the opinion INT/1000 Competitiveness check adopted at the request of the Czech presidency.

    EESC opinion: Further enhancing the EU's digital competitiveness
  • Adopted on 27/04/2023 - Bureau decision date: 15/11/2022
    Reference
    TEN/795-EESC-2022
    (Sweden
    Workers - GR II
    Poland
    Plenary session number
    578
    -
  • Adopted on 27/04/2023 - Bureau decision date: 27/10/2022
    Reference
    NAT/885-EESC-2022
    Workers - GR II
    France
    Plenary session number
    578
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    EESC opinion: Right to a healthy environment in the European Union especially in the context of the war in Ukraine
  • Adopted on 27/04/2023 - Bureau decision date: 27/10/2022
    Reference
    ECO/600-EESC-2022
    Plenary session number
    578
    -
    EESC opinion: The EESC's recommendations for a solid reform of the European Semester
  • Adopted on 27/04/2023 - Bureau decision date: 20/09/2022
    Reference
    SOC/746-EESC-2022
    Workers - GR II
    Germany
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Poland
    Plenary session number
    578
    -

    Democracy at work should cover all workers, types of work, as well as all workplaces, including platform workers. It makes companies more resilient, economically successful and better able to deliver on employment and decent work. Successful forms of democratic participation are also found in the social economy, and cooperatives. European Works Councils (EWCs) could be improved by improving participation rights and sanctioning infringements. More democracy in the world of work depends on cooperation of all stakeholders, and can help ease the green and digital transitions. It is crucial to educate young people in favor of democracy at work.

    EESC opinion: Democracy at work
  • Adopted on 27/04/2023 - Bureau decision date: 20/09/2022
    Reference
    SOC/745-EESC-2023-01-01
    Workers - GR II
    Spain
    Plenary session number
    578
    -

    In this opinion, requested by the upcoming Spanish presidency of the EU, the EESC is exploring the consequences of precarious working conditions on the mental health of workers.
    The Committee:

    • strongly upholds the evidence showing that precarious work increases the chances of worker´s mental health deteriorating and it is incompatible with the achievement of SDGs in the EU: it is a public health issue that has to be eradicated 
    • stresses that combating work-related psychosocial risks at the source, using organisational interventions to reshape working conditions, is an essential first step in promoting mental health in the workplace as has highlighted by WHO and ILO
    • proposes adopting specific EU legislation on preventing psychosocial risk as well as developing and modernising the current directive on occupational safety and health
    EESC opinion: Precarious work and mental health
  • Adopted on 22/03/2023 - Bureau decision date: 13/12/2022
    Reference
    TEN/798-EESC-2022
    Workers - GR II
    Austria
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Hungary
    Plenary session number
    577
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    EESC opinion: Digitalising the energy system - EU action plan
  • Adopted on 22/03/2023 - Bureau decision date: 13/12/2022
    Reference
    ECO/604-EESC-2022
    Workers - GR II
    Romania
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Malta
    Plenary session number
    577
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    EESC opinion: Administrative cooperation in taxation (DAC 8)
  • Adopted on 22/03/2023 - Bureau decision date: 15/11/2022
    Reference
    TEN/794-EESC-2022
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Austria
    Workers - GR II
    Sweden
    Plenary session number
    577
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    EESC opinion: Wooden construction for CO2 reduction in building sector
  • Adopted on 22/03/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/10/2022
    Reference
    ECO/601-EESC-2022
    Workers - GR II
    Romania
    Plenary session number
    577
    -
    EESC opinion: Review of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)