EU: chemicals sector social partners sign a joint declaration on digitalization

To meet the challenges thrown up by new technologies and the changing nature of jobs, the social partners have underlined the need to adapt initial and lifelong training, requiring the social partners’ involvement in schooling and curricula and both company and sector-specific training programs. A key focus is the anticipation of change. The declaration states that changes ‘need to be put in place together with the workers and trade unions concerned.’ For both employers and unions alike, given