5 November 2009

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(8 January 2008) A new research document explores the expansion of multinational companies in social services in Europe. They are slowly progressing with several take-overs and also private equity investors being interested. The document also provides the European context for this expansion. The paper was commissioned from PSIRU by EPSU. It is partly available here. The full paper is available for affiliated organisations.
Multinational care company expansion -
Major trends and (...)

EPSU CARE SECTOR PROJECT
TIME TO CARE: A BETTER DEAL FOR CARE WORKERS IN EUROPE
REQUEST FOR INPUT
Before the summer break, the HSS Social services working group discussed working conditions and wages of (women) care workers in the EU. Participants at the EPSU social services conference of 10-12 June 2007, in Athens, concluded that there was an urgent need to improve working conditions in the care sector, more specifically wages. It was also noted that wages in the care sector are under (...)

(Budapest 18-20 March) The European Trade Union College (ETUCO) facilitated a seminar for EPSU, which was designed to create a dynamic social services network within EPSU work. The seminar set out to identify the key issues for social workers at national and European level and to identify the next steps to establish a strong European voice in the sector. The participants, from 13 EU member states, examined the changes in the sector since the last social services policy position of EPSU, (...)

"Szociális szolgáltatások és társadalmi párbeszéd az Európai Unióban" című tanfolyam, 2005. március 17-20, Budapest, Magyarország
The European Trade Union College and EPSU organised a seminar on Social Services & Social Dialogue in the European Union from 17 to 20 March 2005.
This seminar enabled participants:
To contribute to the development of social dialogue in the Social Services sector as well at EU level as at national level;
To examine and compare national social dialogue systems in the Social (...)