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WHYWHY• Social effects of neo-liberal policies • Lack of political alternatives with

parties • Deregulation, precarious work,

short-term contracts, subcontracting, union busting, lack of strong collective agreements…

• Lack of appropriate, decisive response from trade unions, in particular with regard to unemployed people

• Uneffected trade union general strikes

• Strong anti-union campaigns from financial lobbies

• European economic crisis is a question of all the Europeans. If Spain, Greece, Italy, Ireland fails, Germany will fail.

• Austerity measures

Targets:Targets: • Unite European young transport workers from different Unite European young transport workers from different

international federationsinternational federations• Express European young transport workers’ voiceExpress European young transport workers’ voice• Weight on the national and European social Weight on the national and European social

policies/decision-makingpolicies/decision-making• Increase the attractiveness of trade unions for young Increase the attractiveness of trade unions for young

transport workerstransport workers• Promoting trade unions’ change in order to increase their Promoting trade unions’ change in order to increase their

relevance for young transport workersrelevance for young transport workers• To influence ETUC role as a more active policy maker, that To influence ETUC role as a more active policy maker, that

must be able to coordinate the different trade union must be able to coordinate the different trade union initiatives. The more powerful international federations will initiatives. The more powerful international federations will be, the best for ETUC. be, the best for ETUC.

• Make European and National politicians take note of what’s Make European and National politicians take note of what’s going on in Europe.going on in Europe.

What? - Objectives 2 (to be developed with the wider European What? - Objectives 2 (to be developed with the wider European

trade union movement: ETUC and ETUC youth organisationstrade union movement: ETUC and ETUC youth organisations))

• Unite European youth and young workers

• Express European young workers’ voice

• Weight on the national and European social policies/decision-making

• Increase the attractiveness of trade unions for young workers

• Promoting trade unions’ change in order to increase their relevance for young workers

HOW?

• Working groups (think tank gender, organising working group, campaigning wg, creativity wg, mass media wg…)

• Action plan

• Timing

• Social network

• Alliances with other international trade unions (EPSU, UNI, EMCEF).

AND THEN…

WORKING PROGRAMME FOR 2012:• Final conference Transunion Project• SC meeting I-II-III• First Spring School• Constitution• Preparing congress• Build up permanent youth structure and

strategy (both ETF and affiliates)