Collective Bargaining, Public Services

The newly published Guide for Trade Unionists on Adaptation to Climate Change and the world of work identifies public utilities and emergency and other public services as two of the sectors in the EU to be most impacted by climate change.

Campaigning for the right to water, negotiating on information and consultation rights for central government workers, lobbying for tougher action on tax avoidance and fraud, standing up to multinationals and defending dismissed or imprisoned trade unionists … these are just some of the many

The results of EPSU - OSE research on the impact of digitalisation on homecare and employment services

The Employment Committee adopted its position regarding the Commission’s proposal to improve transparency and predictability of working conditions for all European workers, 18 October.

Digitalisation is having a major impact on jobs and job content across the public services.

Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will hold his last State of the European Union speech on Wednesday 12 September.

Twenty-nine participants from EPSU affiliates in 16 countries met in Kiljava in southern Finland at the beginning of July in a two-and-a-half day seminar on public services and privatisation.

Equality between men and women, precarious work for young people, transitions in the labour market triggered by climate change and digitalisation: these were among the main themes debated during a ETUC Summer School on 4-5 July in Montepulciano, Italy.

Low pay in female dominated sectors, gender-differences in precarious employment, uneven distribution of unpaid care work, persistent pay gap

Collective bargaining is a key tool to defend and protect workers’ rights in the face of digitalisation.

Over 70 trade union representatives from 24 countries took part in EPSU’s social dialogue and collective bargaining conference in Brussels on 6-7 June. Under the general theme of “Quality Employment for Quality Public Services” the participants debated a wide range of issues

EPSU Social Dialogue and Collective Bargaining Conference : Quality Employment and Quality Public Services6-7 June 2018, from09.00-17.00 and 09.00-15.00Venue: International Trade Union House (ITUH) - Auditorium - Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 5, 1210 BrusselsREPORTS AND PRESENTATIONSQuality of

The European Institutions signed the EU Pillar of Social Rights at the EU Social Summit on 17 November 2017 in Gothenburg. The Pillar, which sets out the commitment of Member States and the European Union to develop a Social Europe

Workers came to the streets in over 100 towns and villages across France, 10 October. They protested the proposals of the French government to cut 120.000 staff