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Susanne Wixforth

Susanne Wixforth is head of unit in the Europe and International Department of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB).

Susanne Wixforth

Transnational labour and social rights

Susanne Wixforth 8th April 2022

A European layer of social insurance is increasingly necessary.

Fair pay for truck drivers

Susanne Wixforth 16th March 2022

The Conference on the Future of Europe needs to hold out a prospect of a single market that works for its mobile workers.

A chance for a social future

Susanne Wixforth 21st July 2021

Can the Conference on the Future of Europe be a turning point from a mere economic union to one of social rights?

How can the EU achieve a fair distribution of the tax burden?

Susanne Wixforth 10th November 2020

Falling corporate taxation has been matched by a rising contribution from labour. But there are ways to redress the balance between citizens and companies.

Material concerns about posting of workers

Susanne Wixforth 8th January 2020

Legal arguments over the EU posting of workers directive raise the issue of which is to prevail: workers’ rights or unregulated markets?

Welcome to GAFA land—where the winner takes it all

Susanne Wixforth 30th May 2019

The Big Tech platforms have established monopolies which disempower their competitors as well as their workers. EU competition law can be used by unions seeking to bring them to heel.

The Celtic Tiger leaves Irish workers scarred

Susanne Wixforth 9th May 2019

Workers in Ireland are still bearing the brunt after the Celtic Tiger’s demise—but with a modest gain against the precarisation of work.

The European Hydra: Wages And Social Dumping – Competition Law As A Way Out

Susanne Wixforth 20th November 2018

Fighting against transnational social dumping can best be compared to Heracles’ struggle against the Hydra of Lerna – the multi-headed serpent in Greek mythology. This struggle is highly uneven because every time a head is cut off, the monster regenerates two new ones to replace it. Similarly, when trade unions succeed in revealing a case […]

The New EU Budget Under The Constraints Of Brexit And The Debt Brake

Susanne Wixforth 13th July 2018

The UK’s exit from the EU means a contributions gap of an estimated €10-14 billion per year, around 7 percent of the EU Budget. Thereby, the discussion about the multi-annual financial framework has already set off in one direction: How do we fill the gap rather than how do we reform the budget? At the […]

The Future Of Europe – A Space For The Social Policy Avant-Garde

Susanne Wixforth 31st January 2018

On March 1 2017, the European Commission set out a White Paper on the Future of Europe. There was none of the fierce debate that might have been expected after the UK’s Brexit vote and application to leave: the European Union simply remained trapped in its daily routine. Brexit negotiations, the row about refugee quotas […]

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Towards a new Minimum Wage Policy in Germany and Europe: WSI minimum wage report 2022

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