European trade unions urge action to tackle cost-of-living crisis

BRUSSELS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- European trade unions on Wednesday demanded that the European Union (EU) take urgent action to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.

In a demonstration held in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, European trade union leaders called for urgent measures "to tackle the cost-of-living crisis by ensuring pay rises, emergency support for struggling families, a cap on prices, taxation and redistribution of excess profits and wealth."