(20 December 2011) The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) had its first meeting of the recently established Youth Network. More than 30 young workers from 22 European countries attended the event. The meeting took place on December 12th and 13th in Brussels and it was a great opportunity for young workers in the public sector to debate and take stock of the current state of affairs in the public sector across Europe.
Youth unemployment is on average twice as much as the (...)

12-13 December 2011
Brussels, ITUH
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(17 November 2011) The weekend of October 28th to 30th a group of more than twenty young trade unions´ members from the Czech and Slovak Republic attended a 3 day seminar in the middle of the south Moravian countryside, the so called Cow Mountain, Bořetice, to discuss the possibilities and different approaches in recruiting and organising, ie, how to attract young workers and how to improve their skills and abilities to obtain the desired goal in their trade union work. This seminar was (...)

From September 26 until September 28 around 30 young trade union members have meet near Brasov, in Romania, to train on negotiating and discuss about the future of trade unions and young workers in Romania.
The seminar organiser by the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) as requested by the local Romanian affiliates had about 30 participants from the four sectors of EPSU (Health and Social Services, Local and Regional Government, National Administration and Utilities). The (...)

(28 March 2011) A group of Young trade unionists visited the Brussels offices of the European Federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU) for a presentation of the work of EPSU. The group was was composed by young participants who are trade union officers (under 40 years old), who have been recently elected or appointed, or are being considered for posts, at the regional, sectoral or national level and who have already followed a series of trade union education courses at regional, (...)

(December 2010) The first youth seminar organised by European Federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU) affiliates since the Executive Committee decided to establish a Youth network took place in Sofia, Bulgaria on 12-13 December.
For many of the participants was the first seminar of such a kind and it was seen as very useful. The seminar, "Youth and trade unions: strategies to encourage young members to be active" involved participants from both national trade union confederations: CITUB (...)

(21 December) The EPSU Executive Committee of 8-9 November 2010 approved the establishment of an EPSU youth network. This decision follows the terms of the merger agreement between EPSU and PSI-Europe.
Our main aim is to establish an active network of young trade unionists in public services with a view of mainstreaming youth issues in EPSU and working on concrete actions on youth polices in public services.
How do we want to start? Youth unemployment is consistently acknowledged as a (...)

(23 March 2010) Youth unemployment represents more than 20% of the overall unemployment rate in the EU. MEPs, experts and youth representatives agreed on the need to tackle early school leaving and on the role of apprenticeships. Internships should have an added value and not replace jobs. In the context of the EU2020 Strategy, the aim of the rapporteur Emilie Turunen (Greens/EFA, DK), the youngest MEP in the Parliament, is "to put youth at the top of the political agenda".
The debate (...)

(22 October, 2009, Brussels) Recognising the specific vulnerability of young workers, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work has produced a report about how their occupational safety and health can be managed at policy and practice level.
The report ‘Preventing risks to young workers: policy, programmes and workplace practices’, includes a variety of case studies and identifies some success factors for prevention. It also includes a summary of EU legislation on preventing risks (...)

(13 October 2009, Brussels) Ver.di youth visted the EPSU offices to learn more about our work. A 12 strong delegation from the Bremen region came to Brussels to see the role that they can play in EPSU work. This visit was well timed, as post Congress, EPSU has pledged to developed its Youth work and integrate young membership in aspects of EPSU policy. The Ver.di group were briefed by EPSU communications officer Brian Synnott.
EPSU will develop a Youth network and intend to hold a seminar (...)