(11 February 2010) Workers are facing a series of collective bargaining rounds in the German energy sector. The most important one concerns the negotiations for the collective agreement -
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(5 February 2010, Brussels) The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) is sending out a strong message of support to the tens of thousands of public sector workers who are taking action across Europe in defence of strong public services and decent pay, jobs and employment conditions.
EPSU affiliates in Germany , Greece , Ireland , the Netherlands and Portugal are, or will be, involved in various forms of industrial action this week and next. In Germany and the Netherlands (...)
Press Communication, 11 January 2010
The European Court of Justice is organising a hearing in the case of the European Commission versus Germany (C-271-08), 12 January 2010, Luxembourg. The Commission took Germany to the Court as it believes that the practice of local authorities to award contracts for pension services on the basis of the selection as laid down in collective agreements is a violation of the public procurement directives. The German government disagrees with the European (...)
The EPSU Congress resolution on equal pay between women and men commits us to setting up “an equal pay and/or pay negotiators network drawn from the EPSUCOB@ network to follow-up implementation of the resolution and regularly report on developments to EPSU’s Executive Committee” (
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(7 December 2009) Over 150 officers from public service trade unions met in Brussels on 3-4 December to debate the impact of the economic crisis. Representing affiliates of the EPSU trade union federation in over 30 European countries, the participants discussed the challenges of collective bargaining in such a difficult economic environment.
The conference heard the experiences of workers from several central and Eastern European countries and in a statement noted that: “Over the past year (...)
(25 November 2009) EPSU sends its support to the affiliates of KESK and all the workers who are taking strike action or joining demonstrations across Turkey today. The action is an important reminder of the oppressive labour laws in Turkey that continue to restrict trade union. Despite rulings by the European Court of Human Rights, legislation in Turkey continues to impose strike bans and restrictions on collective bargaining across the public sector. Trade union organising is also made (...)
(21 October, Stockholm) With EPSU affiliate SKTF in the forefront, the Swedish Trade Union centre TCO has released a campaign showing how collective agreements benefit their members. The campaign which is introduced by a national TV/cinema ad shows exactly how being in a trade union benefits workers.
Instant calculation of your benefits
The homepage of the campaign allows the members to see the exact amount of Swedish Kroner that they have gained by being part of a collective agreement. The (...)
(9 October 2009) The workers of the municipal company have been dismissed, all 276. In protest and to draw attention to the unacceptable behavior of the mayor they are walking all the way from Izmir to Ankara, a march of close to 30 days. They are supported by GENEL-Is. PSI and EPSU have intervened and sent messages of support.
For the latest on the march: http://www.genel-is.org.tr/diger_incele.php?id=NDYx
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EPSU letter of support:
PSI letter of (...)
(24 September 2009) Under the direction of the Collective Bargaining officer, Richard Pond, the EPSU standing committees embarked on their respective assessment of the gender pay gap. It was one of the main debates at this month’s meeting of the local and regional government standing committee (24 September). The background to the discussion was the decision by the committee back in May to adopt a pay checklist as a framework for reviewing and assessing developments in pay in the sector and (...)
Our aims for Collective Bargaining in 2009-2014
(9 June 2009, Brussels) For the congress period 2009-2014, in the area of collective bargaining, EPSU have unanimously adopted the following resolution:
The resolution affirms the principles and objectives that EPSU affiliates commit to in the field of collective bargaining, including:
ensuring that social justice, trade union and human rights take preference over competition rules and trade in Europe and elsewhere
that global competition is (...)
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