Greece - general strike against austerity; Spain - 150,000 demonstrate over attacks on collective bargaining; Germany/Italy - agreement on restructuring at EON in Germany but not in Italy; Netherlands - ultimatum to local government employers

Spain - unions challenge regional austerity measures; Belgium - general strike against austerity; Greece - strike protest over troika visit; Portugal - march against troika proposals; Italy - high level of support for private waste industrial action

Spain - pay freeze; Italy - strike in private waste sector; UK - progress on local government pensions; France - unions criticise government action on low pay in public sector; Denmark - state sector pay rise adjusted

Belgium - public sector strike over pensions; UK - unions face different offers on pensions; Italy - public sector federations pleased over support for strike; Greece - ILO mission calls for support for collective bargaining

Demonstrations and industrial action over pay, pensions and austerity in UK, Belgium, Cyprus, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, France, Lithuania and Greece. Agreements negotiated in Finland and Austria.

This is a special issue of the newsletter looking at trade union rights following the recent meeting of the EPSU Executive that adopted a number of key recommendations on trade union rights work.

UK: more unions back pensions strike; Germany: EON workers protest over job cuts; Netherlands: municipal workers demonstrate over pay; Italy: action over safety in waste sector; Switzerland: care workers strike; Finland: unions work to implement framework deal

UK: unions step up pensions campaign; Portugal: union confederations unite for general strike; Greece: two-day general strike; France: national demonstration over pay

Europe - economic governance package is threat to pay bargaining; Greece - 24-hour strike over new austerity measures; France - national day of action over spending cuts and pay; UK - action in local government over pay cuts

UK - unions ballot over pensions; Netherlands - major unions reject pensions agreement; Greece - public sector strikes continue; Austria and Sweden - initiatives on equal pay; Germany - care home strike continues