Dec. 21, 2020

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Sep. 22, 2021

EPSU and Social Employers Event on the Prevention of MSDs in Social Services 

Yesterday, in the framework of the EU-OSHA campaign, Healthy Workplaces – Lighten the Load, EPSU and the Federation of European Social Employers held a webinar on the prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) in social services.

Sep. 22, 2021

WHO European Region’s lessons learnt from the pandemic echoes EPSU position

This year the main focus of the Committee were the lessons learnt from the pandemic, improvements in Primary Health Care (PHS) and mental health.

Sep. 21, 2021

Addressing the Covid and post-Covid world of work by unions in North East Europe

Unions continue to deal with the pandemic and its impact in the region.

Sep. 20, 2021

Fighting for trade union rights for all public service workers

Public service trade unionists from across the Mediterranean region met online last week (14-15 September) to discuss the challenges they face in asserting their fundamental rights to organise, negotiate and take strike action.

Sep. 17, 2021

Public service unions from Russia and Central Asia discuss vaccination policies

Unions are supporting and promoting vaccination policies across the constituency of Russia and Central Asia.

Sep. 16, 2021

Newly announced European Care Strategy must prioritise critical workers

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a new European Care Strategy in yesterday’s State of the European Union speech.

Sep. 14, 2021

Discussing building power for European public service workers with Slovenian unions

The Slovenian Confederation KSJS organised a meeting between its affiliates and several European trade union organisations like EPSU. We discussed the work of the European Federation and the challenges for the future.

Sep. 14, 2021

Romanian unions demand strengthening of social dialogue and collective bargaining rights

Collective bargaining has been under pressure for years in Romania. Sectoral bargaining has been made very difficult. More recently the government undermined the social dialogue by transforming in a mere information process.

Sep. 10, 2021

The lobby power of Big Tech in the European Union – and the need to reign them in

The European Commission has proposed a number of important instruments to shape digitalisation in the European Union. These are the target of the big technological firms like Amazon, Google and Facebook to ensure new regulations do not harm their business model.