Migration, Outsourcing, Youth, Women & Gender Equality

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Mar. 07, 2011

Outsourcing

Outsourcing of public services often has more of an impact on the low-paid and predominantly women workers as it is often services like cleaning and catering that are the first

Jun. 10, 2016

Workers are not robots EPSU GS at ETUC Executive Committee June 2016

ETUC Executive discusses equality action plan, digitalisation, trade, atypical work, youth employment, economic governance

Europe’s union leaders meet several times a year, where we discuss social, economic and political developments across Europe.

Jun. 14, 2018

Equality, diversity and inclusion: how can local and regional governments live up to the challenge?

Over 500 local and regional representatives and experts from 40 different countries came to Bilbao this week to address equality, diversity and inclusion under the banner of ‘differences unite us!’

Aug. 02, 2018

2018 August epsucob@NEWS 15

Call for global action on investment in care and decent work

Global

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has produced a new report arguing for a doubling of investment in the care sector to prevent a global care crisis. It says that investment on this scale could create 269 million new jobs by 2030 and provide a major boost to women's employment while addressing massive gender inequality in unpaid care. The ILO estimates that over 600 million women want paid employment but are prevented from entering the labour market because of their caring responsibilities. The report underlines the need for a "high road" to increase care provision which means