Welcome to COMMERCIOATTIVO – our new member from Italy!

COMMERCIOATTIVO is an association of small- and medium-sized enterprises. Its principal objective is to raise awareness of the added value of the local economy, with particular regard to traditional neighbourhood business activities and public shops, in the context of the historical-cultural, environmental and social identities, by means of initiatives that promote the natural commercial centres of the city of Campobasso and its Province. It represents and protects commercial and artisanal businesses, entrepreneurs in general, artists, and relevant associated bodies, in their relations with public and private institutions, with the public administration and with economic and social organisations, at the local, national, European and international level. It organises study seminars, researches, conferences on economic and social themes of general interest. It promotes initiatives aimed at affirming policies in favour of enterprises. For more information: http://commercioattivo.blogspot.be/.

The European Sunday Alliance welcomes its new member and is looking forward to our future cooperation!

The European Sunday Alliance reminds all members and supporters to also take action this year on Sunday, 3 March 2013, as the EUROPEAN DAY FOR A WORK-FREE SUNDAY!

View the action Webpage

Recently founded ‘Sunday Alliance Switzerland’ joins the European Sunday Alliance!

Good news from Switzerland! On 13 June 2012 the Sunday Alliance Switzerland was founded. The Alliance for a work-free Sunday in Switzerland was initiated by the trade union Unia which is already a member of the ESA. Its members include various church organisations, trade unions (both Christian and non-Christian), women’s associations, political parties and medical organisations (specialising in occupational medicine).

The organisations stated at the press conference in June 2012 that Sunday “shall not be sacrificed for economic interests. It needs to be protected as the day of rest and of social gathering”. The Founding Statement and more information are available at: http://www.unia.ch/Sonntagsallianz.6305.0.html.

We wish the Sunday Alliance Switzerland every success in its work and welcome the Alliance as a new member of the European Sunday Alliance!

The Members of the Swiss Alliance for a work free Sunday are….

• Christlich-soziale Partei Schweiz
• Evangelische Frauen Schweiz
• Evangelisch-methodistische Kirche
• Evangelische Volkspartei Schweiz
• Gewerkschaft Syna
• Gewerkschaft Medien und Kommunikation - syndicom
• Gewerkschaft Unia
• Grüne Partei Schweiz
• Justitia et Pax, Kommission der Schweizer Bischofskonferenz
• Personalverband des Bundes
• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmedizin
• Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund
• Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund
• Schweizerischer katholischer Frauenbund
• Schweizerischer Verein Sonntagsfeier
• Sozialdemokratische Partei Schweiz
• Travail.Suisse
• Katholische Arbeitnehmerinnen- und Arbeitnehmerbewegung Schweiz
• SIT - Syndicat interprofessionnel de travailleuses et travailleurs (Genf)
• Theologische Bewegung für Solidarität und Befreiung

Confesercenti della Provincia di Allessandria is a Provincial Business organisation for commerce, tourism, services and crafts as well as small-medium sized businesses (SMB). It represents the interests of  SMBs in the north-west Italian Province Alessandria. Founded in Rome in 1971, its national association is one of the leading business organisations in Italy. It represents over 270,000 businesses from commerce, tourism, services and crafts as well as from among small-medium sized businesses (SMB) of industry, capable of providing employment for over 800,000 people. Their common mission is to facilitate the work of SMBs through cooperation and capacity-building while stressing the contribution of the small- and medium scale companies for the Italian economy. Confesercenti della Provincia di Alessandria is already engaged as strong advocator for a work-free Sunday.