(7 December, Brussels) The EPSU campaign for public services received a major endorsement from the UK recently. Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the TUC, and Dave Prentis, General Secretary of the biggest public service union UNISON, took time out to sign the European Trade Union Confederation petition on public services http://www.petitionpublicservice.eu/. The petition calls on the European Commission to produce a legal instrument on public services immediately.

From left to right: Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the TUC and Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON

The TUC and UNISON leaders, attending the ETUC Executive Committee in Brussels, signed, as EPSU General Secretary Carola Fischbach-Pyttel watched on. Ms. Fischbach-Pyttel stated that this personal endorsements by the TUC and UNISON was "enormously encouraging". She added that she looked forward to the EPSU UK affiliates coordinating with the TUC to bring this issue into the national political arena. As an example she cited the 23 January TUC event on public services.

Sources:
http://www.etuc.org/a/3093

http://www.petitionpublicservice.eu/