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Collective Bargaining news is EPSU’s newsletter covering developments in collective bargaining and pay and conditions in the public services across Europe. As well as general editions, EPSU also produces some special issues focusing on key topics such as minimum wages, trade union rights, pensions and economic governance. Further special issues are planned for the future. Please send us short updates on collective bargaining in your country so that we can improve the coverage of the newsletter. You can send them to [email protected].

  • Denmark

    Finland

    Norway

    Sweden

    Unions taking different approaches to working time

  • Croatia

    Pay increases average 13.5% as new public sector pay system implemented

  • Germany

    Health insurance workers strike to secure better pay offer

  • Italy

    National strike of housing workers over collective agreements

  • Ireland

    Health union calls for end to recruitment freeze

  • Sweden

    Health union looks to shorter full-time hours to tackle overwork

  • Finland

    Two weeks of strikes against government programme

  • Spain

    Unions want pay increase confirmed and austerity measures repealed

  • U.K.

    Civil service union plans new campaign on pay and jobs

  • Austria

    Workers in religious hospitals to get 8.3% pay increase

  • Europe

    Briefing finds minimum wage directive already having an impact

  • Europe

    EPSU and ETUC welcome last-minute deal on platform directive

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  • Denmark

    Unions agree deals in municipal and regional government

  • Italy

    National strike to hit ENEL energy company on 8 March

  • Germany

    Strike action delivers another agreement on staffing and workloads

  • Netherlands

    Hospital workers to get 7% over two years

  • U.K.

    Unions mobilise to secure COVID payments and pay rise

  • Slovenia

    Union highlights jobs and pay challenges in tackling energy transition

  • France

    Unions plan joint actions on 8 and 19 March

  • Czech Republic

    State sector union continues to challenge government on pay

  • Romania

    Unions press for pay rises and negotiations in health, care and local government

  • Sweden

    Union seeks major changes to pay and hours in collective agreement

  • Austria

    Union underlines stark warning from latest staffing estimates

  • Portugal

    Union negotiates pay rise in private care

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  • Denmark

    State sector unions negotiate 7.4% pay increase over two years

  • Finland

    Week of strike action in campaign against attack on unions and welfare

  • Austria

    Unions secure 9%+ pay increases for Red Cross workers

  • Italy

    Unions make progress on consolidating bargaining in private care

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Union signs three-year agreement with federal government

  • Spain

    Unions welcome pay increase but call for urgent meeting on framework agreement

  • Germany

    Union wins compensation for falsely accused activist

  • Portugal

    Unions push for better pay and conditions for firefighters

  • Czech Republic

    State union calls for hearing on public sector pay

  • U.K.

    Union secures 7% increase for clergy in first-ever pay claim

  • Iceland

    Unions negotiate major cuts to working time

  • Netherlands

    Maternity workers to get 10% pay increase

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  • France

    Joint mobilisation by public service unions on 19 March

  • Ireland

    Unions ballot members over public sector pay offer

  • Slovenia

    Public administration workers take further action over pay

  • Romania

    Health union’s pressure secures further commitments from government

  • Netherlands

    Minister fails to commit extra funding for maternity agreement

  • Germany

    Warning strikes help deliver good pay deal in waste sector

  • Spain

    Ministry of Justice negotiations begin with working groups

  • Italy

    Unions sign agreements in private healthcare and with social co-operatives

  • Croatia

    Unions seeking changes to government proposals on public sector pay

  • Europe

    Collective agreements and minimum wages in low-paying sectors

  • Europe

    Research exposes digital threat to workers’ health and well-being

  • Europe

    Report highlights importance of government role in supporting collective bargaining

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  • U.K.

    Massive public service strike in Northern Ireland

  • Germany

    Union plans survey and action on working time, workloads and staffing

  • Ireland

    Public sector pay offer falls well short of union expectations

  • Europe

    EPSU launches series on working time reduction

  • Italy

    Housing workers set to strike in February

  • Romania

    Health union pushes for more action by government on pay and jobs

  • Netherlands

    Union pushes for transitional agreement in childcare

  • Slovenia

    Unions sign wage deal but not all back plan for pay system negotations

  • Finland

    Unions continue their campaign against government austerity measures

  • Denmark

    Another municipality experiments with four-day week

  • Sweden

    Health professional’s union seeking shorter hours and higher pay

  • Europe

    Latest news on legal developments – right to strike

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  • France

    Public service unions unite in demands over pay

  • Romania

    Health union declares labour conflict

  • Germany

    Union raises alarm over attacks on public service workers

  • Netherlands

    Unions raise alarm over health and care staffing and violence

  • Ireland

    Unions to meet to plan industrial action

  • Denmark

    Pay, hours and time to care at heart of staffing shortage

  • Austria

    Unions negotiate 9.2% for workers in non-profit services

  • Italy

    Strike planned in non-profit care sector for 31 January

  • Europe

    ETUC reveals benefits of collective bargaining for work-life balance

  • Finland

    Unions negotiate pay deal covering municipal and private companies

  • Sweden

    Union sets out key demands for upcoming bargaining

  • U.K.

    Doctors launch longest ever industrial action in health sector

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  • U.K.

    Unions determined to fight attack on right to strike

  • Germany

    Warning strikes help deliver pay rises for regional government workers

  • Italy

    Unions agree deal covering local authority managers

  • Portugal

    Council workers in action as union finalises deal for health technicians

  • Austria

    Higher pay for health and care workers in public and non-profit sectors

  • Netherlands

    Energy workers get 10% which is also target in provincial government

  • Croatia

    Union challenges government over representation rules

  • Sweden

    Solidarity across sectors as metal union takes on Tesla

  • Norway

    Digitalisation features in framework agreement in municipalities

  • Europe

    ETUC urges member states to back platform work law

  • Finland

    Protests and strikes continue against government reforms

  • Spain

    Unions agree improvements in pay and conditions for veterinary workers

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  • Denmark

    Tripartite negotiations deliver major boost for public sector pay

  • Slovenia

    Unions rally for action on pay reform and indexation

  • Czech Republic

    Thousands join anti-austerity protests and strikes

  • Austria

    Over 9% pay increase for workers in public sector and private health

  • Germany

    Regional government workers mobilise before next negotiations

  • Netherlands

    Water sector deal delivers pay increase and €16 hourly minimum wage

  • Norway

    Union wins another case against bogus self-employment

  • U.K.

    Union secures another pay boost for low-paid health workers

  • Europe

    Study shows need for enforcement of right to disconnect

  • Europe

    Report reveals how strong industrial relations can deliver on efficiency and equity

  • Finland

    Confederations reject government attack on right to strike

  • Italy

    Unions mobilise in public sector and private health

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  • Serbia

    Health workers to demonstrate on 23 November

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Health union takes strike action for a 30% salary increase

  • Germany

    Civil servants finally see benefits of collective agreement

  • Italy

    Unions continue protests over state budget and social dialogue

  • Austria

    No progress in private health and care negotiations

  • Netherlands

    6% for municipal workers but poor offer for health staff

  • Ireland

    Union addresses staffing shortages across nursing and midwifery

  • France

    Health unions take action over pay, conditions and funding

  • Slovenia

    State workers take action over pay, staffing and workloads

  • Denmark

    Union wins 10-year campaign on workplace cancers affecting firefighters

  • Sweden

    Union mobilises climate reps for green workplace action

  • Global

    ITUC welcomes ILO decision on right to strike

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  • Finland

    Union steps up protests against government policy

  • Czech Republic

    Confederation coordinates day of action against austerity

  • Italy

    Unions mobilise against government budget proposals

  • Germany

    Regional government employers yet to make pay offer

  • Austria

    Public sector unions highlight work pressure and precarious conditions

  • Sweden

    Pay rises for workers in religious and sports organisations

  • Netherlands

    Progress in youth care negotiations but offer awaited in health

  • U.K.

    Flat-rate pay rise in settlement in local government

  • Europe

    ETUC puts spotlight on food inflation

  • Switzerland

    Public service union steps up actions on pay around the country

  • Europe

    Study shines light on representativeness of ETUC

  • Spain

    Childcare workers strike over pay and precarious conditions

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  • Iceland

    Unions and other organisations mobilised for women’s strike

  • Latvia

    Pay dispute in health sector resolved

  • Croatia

    Public sector negotiations deliver a 5% pay increase

  • Germany

    Unions aim for 10.5% pay increase in regional government

  • Ireland

    Union members vote on non-profit sector pay proposal

  • Europe

    Report finds few examples of shorter working time

  • Finland

    Unions plan actions in response to government plans

  • Spain

    Ministry of justice proposal not enough to end dispute

  • Netherlands

    Unions give ultimatum to youth sector employers

  • Sweden

    Union negotiates two new agreement in non-profit sectors

  • Portugal

    Unions call for higher pay increase for 2024

  • Austria

    Latest on public sector and private health negotiations

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  • Denmark

    Tripartite negotiations pre-empt normal public sector bargaining

  • Spain

    Unions demand commitment to end justice ministry dispute

  • Netherlands

    Municipal employers make offer but nothing from hospital employers

  • Germany

    Energy workers to get 10.5% increase over 19 months

  • Austria

    Unions deliver pay demands in private health and social care

  • Italy

    Federations sign bridging agreement in private social care

  • Sweden

    New two-year agreement in central government

  • Finland

    Deal finally agreed for personal assistants

  • Europe

    Study highlights poor job quality for essential workers

  • Croatia

    Unions disappointed by government’s 3% pay offer

  • Ireland

    Industrial action in health over staffing

  • Europe

    Study exposes impact of psycho-social risks at work

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  • Ireland

    Non-profit health and care workers plan all-out strike

  • Italy

    Federations strike against social dumping in private health

  • Netherlands

    Pay increases for energy and ambulance workers

  • Portugal

    Major conference sets out key demands in public administration

  • Austria

    Trade unions in joint protest over burnout in health

  • Germany

    New deal in renewable energy company

  • Greece

    National strike against labour law changes

  • Belgium

    Unions step up campaign on rights to strike and protest

  • Slovenia

    Energy union active in pay negotiations and defending right to strike

  • Sweden

    Strike threat helps deliver improved pay offer

  • U.K.

    Coordinated action by public service unions in Northern Ireland

  • Europe

    Tackling inflation in sector bargaining

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