Reports, Handbooks
1. Policy Statements and Resolutions
3. Documents related to the Social Dialogue, Collective Bargaining
2012
Use of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in Sustainability Reporting by European Electricity Companies, December 2012 (EN)
EPSU Report : Dealing with corruption and state capture in Europe, PSIRU, D. Hall, October 2012 (EN)
EPSU Report "Europeanization of national health systems - National impact and EU codification of the patient mobility case law", OSE, September 2012 (EN)
EPSU Report on emerging EU level instruments for soft health systems governance, OSE, September 2012 (EN)
EPSU Report "Eligibility for European Works Councils in the social care sector", PSIRU, September 2012 (EN)
PESSIS - Promoting employers’social services in social dialogue, European Report, Jane Lethbridge - 20 September 2012 (EN)
Water Companies and Trends in Europe 2012, PSIRU, September 2012 (EN)
European Works Councils in the Energy sector: 2012, PSIRU, September 2012 (EN)
The EU and eastern Europe and central Asia, European Neighbourhood Policy, August 2012 (EN)
Study and report “Opportunities and challenges related to cross border mobility and recruitment of the health sector workforce", University of Hertforshire, August 2012 (EN)
EPSU mapping report on Labour Inspection Services in 15 European countries , by Syndex, June 2012 (EN)
TRAINING, JOBS AND DECENT WORK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, Background research on precarious employment in the public services and initiatives to improve the recruitment, training and career development of young workers, a report for EPSU by Nick Clark, Senior Research Fellow - Working Lives Research Institute, May 2012
Re-municipalising municipal services in Europe, a PSIRU report for EPSU, May 2012 (EN/RU)
EPSU-ETUI Firefighters Brochure 2012: "Firefighters: feeling the heat" April 2012 (EN)
Environmental Protection Agencies Study, a Syndex report for EPSU, March 2012 (EN)
Public services and the European Semester, An overview of the National Reform Programmes of 2011, by the ETUI for EPSU - Christophe Degryse, December 2011 (EN)
2011
Culture: the trade union response to the problems facing the sector, report for the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) by the Labour Research Department, October 2011 (EN)
Environmental services are public services! EPSU Brochure, August 2011 (EN/FR)
Impact of 2020 strategy on energy, water and waste sectors in eastern neighbourhood and enlargement countries, PSIRU report for EPSU, June 2011 (EN/FR/DE/RU)
Impact of climate change on public services in Europe (report prepared for EPSU by Sophie Dupressoir, April 2011 (EN)
Care Services for Older People in Europe, Challenges for Labour, February 2011 (EN) - Executive Summary being translated
Joint Study EPSU/EURELECTRIC/EMCEF: ’Towards a low carbon electricity industry: employment effects & opportunities for the social partners’, January 2011 (EN - being translated into FR/DE/RU/TU/IT)
2010
EU policy on social services of general interest (SSGI): Towards a “voluntary quality framework for social services”?, October 2010 (EN)
European healthcare services, multinational companies and a European healthcare market, September 2010 (EN)
EPSU Gender mainstreaming audit, May 2010 (EN)
EPSU Tax Justice Charter, adopted by the Executive Committee, 27-28 May 2010 (EN)
Public rescue for more failed private finance institutions - a critique of the EC green paper on PPPs, by David Hall, PSIRU, March 2010 (EN only)
Current restructuring developments in local government, March 2010 (EN only)
New Research on waste companies and waste trends in Europe, by David Hall, PSIRU, February 2010 (EN)
Pay and the gender wage gap in health and social care, report of EPSU Study on pay in the care sector in relation to overall pay levels and the gender pay gap in different countries in the European Union, by J. Pillinger, February 2010 (EN)
Critical Assessment of the Proposed European Union (EC) / Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, January 2010 (EN/FR)
2009
Women’s representation in EPSU and affiliates, Report by SKTF for EPSU, October 2009 (EN/FR/ES/DE)
Demographic change, age management and competencies in light of the challenges facing the European Gas sector, D. Tarren, October 2009 (EN + summary EN/FR/DE/IT/BG/CZ/RO/CRO)
Toolkit on demographic change, age management and competencies in the gas sector in Europe, J. Pillinger, October 2009 (EN + summary EN/FR/DE/IT/BG/CZ/RO/CRO)
EPSU/UNI europa report on third-party violence: "Policies, strategies and implementation: How issues of third party violence have been tackled in practice by social partners in the commerce, hospital, private security and local and regional government sectors", September 2009 (EN/FR/DE)
Privatisation of ambulance, emergency and firefighting services in Europe – a growing threat?, by Jane Lethbridge, PSIRU, September 2009 (EN only)
Improving Trust in Central Government, a Report for TUNED and EUPAN (Report: EN/FR/DE - Summary: SV/ES/CZ/NL)
Social dialogue in the local and regional government sector: an overview, April 2009 (EN/FR/DE/ES/SV/BG/CZ/HU/PL/RO/RU/TK)
2008
Restructuring in the Electricity Industry: A Toolkit for Socially Responsible Restructuring with a Best Practice Guide, December 2008 (EN/RO/PO/BG/CRO)
Demographic Change in the Electricity Industry in Europe, Toolkit on promoting age diversity and age management strategies, October 2008 (FR/DE/CZ) h
Trade unions, collective bargaining and social dialogue in Local and Regional Government in the EU Member States, EEA and candidate countries, part I & II, a report for EPSU by the Labour Research Department, November 2008 (part I being translated into FR/DE/SV/ES)
EPSU ETUI-REHS report “Better defending and promoting trade union rights in the public sector”, part I & II, September 2008 (Executive summary in EN/BG/CZ/HU/PL/RO/RU/TK)
Public-Private Partnerships Summary paper, October 2008, by David Hall, PSIRU (EN only)
Protecting workers in PPPs, October 2008, by David Hall, PSIRU (EN only)
Alternatives to PPPs: positive action for in-house services, October 2008, by David Hall, PSIRU (EN only)
Critique of PPPs, October 2008, by David Hall, PSIRU (EN only)
Strengthening social dialogue in the hospital sector in the new Member States and candidate countries, a project for EPSU and HOSPEEM, Overview and Final Reports, GHK, May 2008 (EN only)
Public Service Workers united against overcrowded prisons - Briefing to affiliates for media purposes, February 2008 (EN/FR/NL/ES/DE)
2007
’Self-assessment or public debate? evaluating the liberalisation of network services in the EU and USA’, by D. Hall, PSIRU, September 2007 (EN only)
The EPSU Firefighters’ Charter, 2007 (EN/FR/IT)
Water companies in Europe 2007, by David Hall and Emanuele Lobina, April 2007 (EN only)
Changing care services and labour markets, by Jane Lethbridge, PSIRU, June 2007 (EN only)
The impact of the opening of electricity and gas markets on employment in the EU-27, and of key EU directives in the field of energy, ECOTEC, March 2007 (EN only)
Equal Opportunities and Diversity TOOLKIT - BEST PRACTICES GUIDE, March 2007, a report for EURELECTRIC, EPSU AND EMCEF
2006
TRACE final handbook: Decentralisation and public services: a case of public sector restructuring, November 2006
Gazprom: Profile, by Steve Thomas, PSIRU, May 2006
Evaluating network services in Europe, a critique of the EC Evaluation of the Performance of Network Industries, by David Hall, PSIRU, April 2006
Recent evidence on the impact of electricity liberalisation on consumer prices, by Steve Thomas, PSIRU, April 2006
EU Neighbourhood policy: implications for public services and trade unions, by David Hall, PSIRU, February 2006
2005
Evaluating the impact of liberalisation on public services, a critique of the European Commission 2004 report “Horizontal Evaluation of The Performance of Network Industries Providing Services of General Economic Interest” EC SEC(2004) 866, by David Hall, Director, PSIRU, March 2005
Taking stock of the liberalization of public utilities: can structural reforms bring the Lisbon strategy back on track, Niklas Noaksson (ETUI-REHS), November 2005
The European Union Gas and Electricity Directives, by Steve Thomas, PSIRU, University of Greenwich, September 2005
Evaluating the impact of liberalisation on public services, a critique of the European Commission 2004 report “Horizontal Evaluation of The Performance of Network Industries Providing Services of General Economic Interest” EC SEC(2004) 866->art1049], by David Hall, Director, PSIRU, March 2005
European Works Council Merger & Acquisitions check list, 2005 (EN/FR/GE/BG/CZ/RO/HU/PL)
EPSU-ETUCO Toolkit for the Eurotrainers’s, 2005
2004
PPPs: a critique of the Green Paper, by David Hall, PSIRU, 2004
EPSU initial response to the Green Paper on PPPs and Community law on public contracts and concessions, 2004
Public Services in Europe: Trends and Developments, 10 years of EPSU commissioned research from PSIRU: overview and selected works, 1994-2004, by J. Lethbridge & R. de la Motte
Developments and prospects of the pension systems for public employees in Europe, by C. Leal, CSE-développement, 2004
EPSU Public Private Partnerships survey, PSIRU, 2004
European Works Councils and the electricity sector, Steve Thomas, 2004
European Works Councils and the healthcare sector, Jane Lethbridge, 2004
2003
EPSU response to the Commission Communication concerning the re-examination of Directive 93/104/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time, COM(2003)843 final
Water and DG Competition, David Hall, 2003
The European Commission’s guide to successful public-private partnerships - a critique, Robin de la Motte and David Hall, 2003
EC Internal Market Strategy - implication for water and other public services, David Hall, 2003
Public health sector unions and deregulation in Europe, Jane Lethbridge, 2003
Presenting the case for social dialogue in the Hospital Sector at EU level, Jane Lethbridge, 2003
Critique of Council for European Energy Regulators Paper on regulation of energy infrastructure - analysis and comments prepared for the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), 2003
Blackouts: Do liberalisation and privatisation increase the risk?, Steve Thomas and David Hall, 2003
European waste management: background to a discussion on European Works Councils, Steve Davies, 2003
European Water Industry: A background to a discussion on European Works Councils, Robin de la Motte, David Hall and Emanuele Lobina, 2003
A critique of the EC Green Paper on Services of General Interest - David Hall, PSIRU, University of Greenwich, 2003
2002
Gas Industry liberalisation, restructuring and employment in the EU, Steve Thomas, David Hall and Vladimir Popov, 2002
Are health systems national? Jane Lethbridge, 2002
Critique of the EC paper on horizontal evaluation of Services of General Interest, David Hall (PSIRU), University of Greenwich and Dexter Whitfield, Centre for Public Services, 2002
2001
Mergers and acquisitions, in the European waste management industry, 2000 - 2001 report for waste meeting of EPSU trade union representatives, Steve Davies, 2001
2000
Multinational subsidiaries, by country, local government support services, 2000
Public service concessions held by private companies: subsidies, monopolies and anti-competitive effects, PSIRU, 2000
The private sector and waste management in Central and Eastern Europe, 2000
Changing Power, exchanging power: handbook ‘decision making power to women in the Mediterranean trade unions’, 2000
Working Time in Europe: a European Working Time Policy in the Public Services, Jane Pillinger, ETUI report 63, 2000
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