The European Trade Union Confederation and Institute (ETUC and ETUI) held a three-day symposium in Brussels recently at which trade unionists, policy makers and academics brainstormed about initiatives that will be needed to cope with four global mega trends that are radically changing the world of work.

Organizers of the event say that decarbonisation (changing energy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions), digitalisation, globalisation and demographic change cannot simply be left to market forces.