Social Dialogue, Economic Policy

EPSU, together with 12 other European Networks with responsibility for social services, invite Member States to use the EU Budget and the Recovery and Resilience Fund to help those who have been hit hardest by the crisis

The European Sectoral Social Dialogue for Gas was first established in 2008 with a reinforcement of actions in 2019 and is supported by the European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion.

(Press Release - 26 March 2021) The European Parliament voted yesterday late afternoon to support the Stop Cancer at Work campaign’s demands.

On 2 March, the ETUC ran the latest in a series of webinars highlighting the importance of the draft directive on adequate minimum wages and what changes are needed to strengthen it.

Violence at work, gender inequality and the treatment of migrants regularly grab headlines.

Last week EPSU and HOSPEEM sent a letter to Commissioner Schmit about the European Commssion study on the protection of workers from exposure to hazardous medicinal products (HMP), including cytotoxic substances.

On the agenda of the LRG/HSS Social Services Working Group was the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, research into privatization of social services, social dialogue in social services and the workplan of the WG.

Over the past 2 years the European Social Partners in the electricity sector, industriAll European Trade Union, the European Public Service Union (EPSU), representing the trade unions and Eureletric, representing the employer organisations have engaged together with Spin360, in the project Skills2Power.

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.

One year ago today, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

Today, the European Commission published its Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights.

EPSU joins with the ETUC in stressing that EU Member States need the freedom to boost public spending and investment to support economic recovery.

EPSU joined a dedicated hearing with social partners on the “sustainable corporate governance initiative” organised by Commission’s DG Justice and Consumers.

Governments have agreed that the social economy enterprises should play a role in the recovery and can benefit from EU funds.

The EPSU General Secretary joined a panel discussion with European Commissioners Breton, Schmit and Kyriakides to underline the role of the social partners regarding skills in health and care.