The European Sunday Alliance welcomes its newest supporter the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI). The European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI) is a confederation of 38 trade union organisations from 21 European countries and 4 European trade union organisations, with a total of more than 5 million individual members. 2 further trade union organisations enjoy observer status. Founded in 1990, CESI advocates improved employment conditions for workers in Europe and a strong social dimension in the EU.

ESA Press Release 02/03/2017

Sunday’s special and an essential pillar of the European social model. However, the latest European Working Condition Survey indicates that more and more EU citizens have to work on this day. The European Sunday Alliance therefore launched today, on the European day of work-free Sunday, a call to action to show the need for a common EU-wide regulation.

We have prepared a brief video with all the highlights from our recent conference and interviews with participants on the challenges of life in a time of digitalisation. Please click here or the image to the left to watch the video (in German).

Please click here to watch and share a short video on the real value of Sunday from the German Sunday Alliance.

Digitalisation is changing our society in many ways.  How it impacts our relationship between work and personal time was at the centre of discussion of the third European Sunday Alliance conference on 15 November 2016. Under the heading “Work-life balance 4.0 – Challenges in a time of digitalisation”, more than 100 participants examined the risks, but also opportunities of the digital shift and expressed the need for proper labour regulation at EU level. For a full report from this important event, please click here (PDF).