LABOUR-EU:   Unions Challenge Directive on Services
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BRUSSELS, Nov 10 (IPS) - Trade unions are coming together to protest EU  proposals on liberalising services in the internal market.
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Royal Mail has written to conciliation service Acas, offering to meet postal unions ahead of a proposed strike.
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Trade unions opened their annual conference amid threats of strike action ahead of a general election expected in 2005, urging Prime Minister Tony Blair's government to tackle concerns about pensions and job cuts.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The European Union head office on Wednesday proposed redefining how working hours are counted under the bloc's maximum 48-hour workweek law and stopping companies in Britain from abusing an "opt-out" to the law.
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The upcoming modification of an EU directive on working hours may impose big financial burdens on Hungarian businesses and the central budget.
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Beleaguered European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso began work today facing growing calls for action against two of his new 24-strong team.
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Skilled workers would face competition for jobs from outside the EU, under plans being considered by ministers.
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The European Union on Wednesday  challenged Washington's assertion that it had won a World Trade  Organization (WTO) case in which the bloc was accused of  discriminating against famous foods and wines from elsewhere.
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Unions consider strike calls over government plans to raise public sector workers' pension age.
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European Union plans to regulate  moving images will threaten new services such as online games  and mobile phone clips, British media watchdog Ofcom said on  Wednesday.
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A second union has warned Royal Mail its members could take strike action, in a row over pensions.
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By MIRROR REPORTER  LABOUR yesterday challenged Environment Minister John Gormley to publish the legal advice he was given on the controversial M3 project.
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The European Union said Wednesday it would consider appealing a World Trade Organization ruling that found its subsidies to European sugar producers violate global trade rules.
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The European Commission is to discuss changes to the Working Time Directive on Wednesday as it tries to limit the time spent at work.
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Public sector workers threaten "coordinated industrial action" against the government's pay settlement.
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France was hit by transport chaos Thurday as unions challenged President Nicolas Sarkozy with a 24-hour strike, but the government vowed to stick by plans to overhaul pensions for hundreds of thousands in the public sector.
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The European Union's head office on Wednesday proposed redefining how working hours are counted under the bloc's maximum 48-hour workweek law and stopping companies in Britain from abusing an "opt-out" to the law.