Dec. 09, 2021 High-level roundtable on Just Transition in the European Green Deal The European trade union movement has concerns about the European Commission’s Green Deal and the Fit for 55 proposals.
Dec. 16, 2020 EPSU Round Table with the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights “Public services are not only the greatest leveller, they civilise our societies”.
Oct. 07, 2020 World Day for Decent Work: A New Social Contract for Recovery and Resilience The pandemic created enormous challenges for all workers, both in the public and private sectors.
May. 12, 2020 New book released on remunicipalisation - The Future is Public Resistance to privatisation has turned into a powerful force for change.
Dec. 06, 2019 The Future is Public – Democratic Ownership of the Economy With hundreds examples of people taking control of local public services, bringing public services back in public ownership is gaining momentum across the world.
Sep. 12, 2018 Last #SOTEU speech of Juncker – Will he address workers’ disappointment in his Commission? Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will hold his last State of the European Union speech on Wednesday 12 September.
Aug. 03, 2018 Defending and promoting public services - EPSU/ETUI seminar 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.
Jun. 22, 2018 Public Service Day 2018 – Calling for information and consultation rights for central government workers This year for Public Service Day – 23 June – EPSU wants to focus on information and consultation rights for central government workers and their trade union representatives.
Jul. 04, 2017 Remunicipalisation becomes an unstoppable trend The latest research from the Transnational Institute, with the support of EPSU as a leading partner has been published. This report confirms what EPSU was been arguing for years, that privatisation has not worked.
Aug. 07, 2013 UK: campaigning for public services and against privatisation "We own it" is a new campaigning group set up in the UK to argue for public services and challenge the idea that the private sector can do things more
Aug. 07, 2013 Finland: municipalities bring services back in-house (August 2013) A survey by the Soste social sector organisation aimed at senior employees in the mainly municipal social and health care sector, found more than a third saying that
Aug. 07, 2013 Europe: research exposes negative effects of private health Why private sector health kills more than it cures - countering arguments in favour of privatisation is a briefing paper by the PSIRU research organisation that provides a wealth of
Aug. 07, 2013 UK: Campaigning for public services and against privatisation (August 2013) ["We own it"->http://weownit.org.uk/] is a new campaigning group set up in the UK to argue for public services and challenge the idea that the private sector can do
Aug. 07, 2013 Finland: municipalities bring services back in-house (August 2013) A survey by the Soste social sector organisation aimed at senior employees in the mainly municipal social and health care sector, found more than a third saying that
Aug. 07, 2013 Europe: how outsourcing waste public resources A new report by the LO trade union confederation in Norway puts together research evidence that concludes that competitive tendering of public services delivers neither lower costs nor better services.