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Mar. 27, 2023

EPSU Central Europe and Western Balkans constituency meeting March 2023

Central Europe – Western Balkan unions express solidarity with Hungarian childcare workers action

The Hungarian childcare workers are demanding negotiations with the government on a new pay structure with the government.

Sep. 21, 2021

EPSU North East Europe constituency meeting 16 September 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.

Apr. 06, 2021

12 March 2021 EPSU Constituency meeting Central Europe

EPSUs’ Central European and Western Balkan Constituency of unions: vaccinations, vaccinations...

The pandemic is causing high numbers of infections, hospitalisations and death in the countries of the constituency.

Mar. 11, 2021

03.03.2021 EPSU NEE CM

Respect for trade union rights, collective bargaining and social dialogue part of our democratic values – say North East European constituency unions

The EPSU affiliates of North East Europe expressed their concerns about developments in the region in the online meeting of the North East European constituency on 3 March. They received information about the situation in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine.

Mar. 05, 2021

2021 EPSU Collective Bargaining News March No.5

Prison services union takes action over safety and staffing

The OSYE prison services union took six days of strike action at the end of February and beginning of March over key demands on safety and staffing. The union is particularly concerned about staff on long working hours and the massive backlog of rest days and holidays that are owed to workers who have done extra shifts to compensate for understaffing. EPSU sent a message of solidarity.

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Feb. 17, 2021

The 4 EPSU Constituencies meet in January and February 2021

The impact of the pandemic on public service workers – meeting over 120 union leaders in Central and Eastern Europe constituencies

The union leaders met to discuss how the pandemic and the measures to contain it are effecting workers during several events.

Dec. 09, 2020

EPSU Executive Committee November 2020

EPSU Executive discussed strategies to change society and our economy Post-Covid and decided for a Joint Action Day on 23 June 2021

The impact of the pandemic on health and social services workers is huge.

Nov. 05, 2020

Central Europe and Western Balkans constituency meeting October 2020

Constituency Central Europe and Western Balkan: Unions see dramatic increases in COVID19 cases

Like in other constituencies unions were reporting on the impact of the Corona-virus pandemic on their countries.

Sep. 17, 2020

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EPSU North East Europe Consituency meeting 16 September 2020

North East European Constituency: Impact of the pandemic is leaving deep traces

The measures to contain the pandemic are leaving deep traces in the countries of North East Europe even though there are large differences.

May. 15, 2020

2020-05-15 Regional Workshop 3 Save the date

HOSPEEM-EPSU Third Regional Workshop in Central Europe, 11 September 2020, Zagreb, Croatia - POSTPONED - Spring 2021

HOSPEEM and EPSU Third Regional Workshop - capacity building of national social partners in the hospital/health care sector in Croatia, Czechia, Slovakia and Slovenia - POSTPONED - Spring 2021

Mar. 30, 2020

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Croatia – update – government withdraws plan for reform labour code

Following pressure from the Croatian unions and the European trade union movement, the Croatian government has announced at a tripartite meeting that they would not advance the plans for reform.

Mar. 26, 2020

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Croatia: EPSU responds to threat to labour rights

EPSU today wrote to the Prime Minister and Labour Minister calling on them to withdraw any proposals for legislation that would weaken trade union and employment rights.

Dec. 12, 2019

EU-Council Croatian Presidency

Will Croatian EU Presidency boost transparency in the Council of the EU?

EPSU and several other trade unions and organisations have sent an open letter to the Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, Croatian MEPs and the Croatian Permanent Representation to the EU

Apr. 12, 2019

Capacity building project for the hospital sector in Central, East and Southern Europe started

On 28 March 2019 EPSU participated, together with its representatives of the two national affiliates from Romania, Sanitas, and Croatia, HSSMS-MT, in the kick-off meeting of the joint HOSPEEM-EPSU project focusing on strengthening social dialogue in the hospital sector that will run in 2019 and 2020.

Jan. 31, 2019

EPSU-ETUI Brussels training seminar

Developing recruitment strategies and campaigns

Eight EPSU affiliates from Central and Eastern Europe took part in a training seminar in Brussels at the end of January to further develop their recruitment and organising work.