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TPVH 3rd Negotiations meeting, 29 April 2024 Brussels Belgium

TPVH 3rd Negotiations meeting, 29 April 2024

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Apr. 27, 2023

Health care

Will EU’s new fiscal rules hinder urgent action on staffing crises?

Public service federation EPSU is concerned that the proposed reform of the European Union’s fiscal rules, published yesterday, might undermine national action to address the widespread staffing shortages across a broad range of public services in Europe – in health and social care, the justice system, childcare, tax administrations, utilities and more.

Apr. 28, 2021

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NEA and LRG Statement: Art and culture workers are essential to a fairer society

Arts and culture are amongst the sectors worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, pushing many workers from precarity to poverty and putting in jeopardy the future development of many cities.

Mar. 17, 2021

EPSU Social Services Working Group online meeting 10 March 2021

EPSU Affiliates meet online for Social Services Working Group

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.

Oct. 27, 2020

Germany: latest agreement to boost pay in health and care

After intensive negotiations over the weekend, public services union ver.di has negotiated a new collective agreement covering 2.3 million workers in municipal and federal government with specific measures benefiting employees in health and social care.

Jun. 25, 2020

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EPSU CEMR JOINT STATEMENT COVID 19

Social Partners in Local and Regional Governments joint declaration on COVID19 and its consequences

The COVID-19 pandemic is a health crisis. However, the tough but needed measures to contain the virus have led to an economic crisis and without the appropriate measures we risk exacerbating the emerging social crisis

Jun. 21, 2018

Roscommon county council photo from Forsa website, Ireland

EPSU sends solidarity to Roscommon County Council workers on strike

Today Roscommon country council workers are on all out strike. Roscommon County Council is a municipality in the west of Ireland. It serves a population of about 65,000 people.

Nov. 10, 2017

Social dialogue Committee for Local and Regional Government adopts new work programme

The Committee for local and regional government bringing together EPSU and CEMR members have adopted a new work programme for 2018-2019.

Jan. 21, 2016

"You can not strip us down further ", Culture Workers action, 20 January 2016, Budapest

"You can not strip us down further " say Hungarian Culture Workers fighting for decent pay

Hungarian librarians, museum and other staff have been fighting for a decent increase in their pay. With events and actions in the whole country they draw attention to their situation

Jun. 05, 2015

Culture Workers from Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria in Visegrad say no to TTIP, CETA, TiSA

EPSU Regional Conference for Culture Workers in Hungary

(5 June 2015) EPSU Regional Conference for culture workers in Hungary Visegrad, 2-4 June The culture sector is undergoing painful restructuring. Librarians, museum workers, archivists and musicians discussed the impact