(19 April 2013) The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) firmly condemns and is utterly shocked that 30 migrant workers have been injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting salaries that had not been paid. Around 200 workers had gathered to request their unpaid salaries when at least one farm supervisor opened fire.
EPSU Deputy General Secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan declares: “This worrying incident shows how far we have come in Europe by ignoring (...)
(28 January 2013) Welcoming migrants in the Euromed region: perspective of public sector employees . This new survey was carried out as part of an EU-funded project Public services meeting migrants submitted by EPSU’s French affiliate CFDT-Interco (2012).
It looks at working conditions in migration public services (charged with work/residency permits) and health services in direct contact with migrant/ users.
18 December 2012 – United Nations International Migrants Day - “Workers’ solidarity is needed in times of crisis,” says Rosa Pavanelli, General Secretary, Public Services International On the occasion of 18th December, International Migrants Day, Public Services International calls on all its affiliates to continue working vigorously to free our workplaces and communities of racism, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination. Across countries hit hard by the economic crisis, we are (...)
Towards a high-quality reception of migrants
18-19 September 2012, Marseilles, France
Introduction and Objective
The final conference of the Euromed study Informing and Training Public Sector Union Representatives on Receiving Migrants took place on 18 and 19 September 2012.
The project was funded by the European Commission and organised by INTERCO-CFDT France, in cooperation with EPSU and Spanish, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian trade unions.
The conference brought together (...)
(27 September 2012) The final conference of the Euromed project Informing and Training Public Sector Union Representatives on welcoming migrants took place on 18 and 19 September 2012 with the support of the European Commission. It was organised by Interco-CFDT, France, in cooperation with EPSU affiliates in Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Romania.
The conference brought together more than 50 union delegates, along with representatives of the migrant support group CIMADE, European (...)
(7 September 2012) The next meeting of the Euromed migration Project Public services meeting migrants will take place on 18-19 September 2012 in Marseilles, France.
This is the final stage of the EU-funded project submitted by our French colleagues from CFDT Interco following on from the launch of the Euromed migration network in 2010 an the initiative of CGIL-FP, with the support of PSI and EPSU .
The objectives of the project are to inform affiliates on the EU legal framework on (...)
(15 May 2012) EPSU has joined the Global Campaign to end immigration detention of children, launched by the International Detention Coalition on 21 March 2012 condemning the use of detention as a common migration management tool.
This campaign focuses on child detention by promoting stories of children and parents from all over the world who have experienced or been impacted by immigration detention.
Key aims of the campaign are both to spread the stories of those children who have (...)
(6 March 2012) At the initiative of the ILO’s Moscow office, the French national union centre CGT and the Georgian national union centre GTUC signed on 3 February 2012 a cooperation agreement on migration matters.
The agreement provides for mutual assistance to Georgian workers living in France and to French workers living in Georgia including providing information and support on workers’ rights, labour law, trade union membership and regularisation.
The text of the agreement is (...)
Appel d’offre recherche sur les services d’accueil des immigrants et conditions de travail – Project européen, affiliés Euromed EPSU
Echéance : 19 août 2011
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(4 April 2011) The European Federation of Public Services Unions is sending this letter of support about the ILO Domestic workers Convention. We encourage all affiliates to use it to contact their Governments.
Dear Sir or Madam,
The International Labour Conference (ILC) of the UN’s International Labour Organisation (ILO) will meet in Geneva from 1 to 15 June 2011. This special 100th session of the ILC is expected to mark history by adopting long overdue universal standards to promote (...)
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