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TPVH 3rd Negotiations meeting, 29 April 2024 Brussels Belgium

TPVH 3rd Negotiations meeting, 29 April 2024

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Sep. 12, 2006

Outsourcing checklist

Adopted by the Standing Committee on Local and Regional Government, 23 May 2006 -* Excluded services - an agreement on outsourcing could specify services which the employer would be committed

Sep. 26, 2019

EPSU Congress June 2019 Programme of Action leaflet

EPSU Congress : Programme of Action

This programme of action highlights the main priorities for EPSU over the next Congress period and is set out on the basis of three main themes

Oct. 14, 2019

Public Sector workers deserve better EPSU

Privatisation, digitalisation and working time, the priorities for EPSU affiliates in local and regional administration

On 10 October, EPSU held its biannual Standing Committee (SC) on Local and Regional Government which drew together EPSU members from across the continent.

Oct. 15, 2019

EPSU Standing Committee on Local and Regional Government members supporting French firefighters 15 October action

French firefighters demand more staffing, higher pay, and better possibilities for career development

Firefighting organisations are on strike today in France, in continued demand for better working conditions and increased funding.

May. 30, 2019

APSE

Insourcing services - more evidence and arguments from the UK

A new report by the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) in the UK provides further evidence of the trend towards and benefits of insourcing public services.

Jun. 19, 2019

On strike

EPSU sends solidarity to striking outsourced workers in UK

Yesterday (18 June) EPSU sent its support to outsourced workers on the second day of their five-day strike over pay.

Nov. 09, 2020

Call for tender

Tender for research on privatisation

Tender Specifications for Research on scale of and responses to privatisation in central government and the European Commission

Sep. 20, 2021

Strengthening TU rights

Fighting for trade union rights for all public service workers

Public service trade unionists from across the Mediterranean region met online last week (14-15 September) to discuss the challenges they face in asserting their fundamental rights to organise, negotiate and take strike action.

Feb. 16, 2023

verdi actions February 2023 photo by Kay Herschelmann

Germany: warning strikes and negotiations for pay increase

EPSU sent solidarity greetings for ver.di negotiations in federal and local government and for the warning strikes being organised to support those negotiations.

Sep. 23, 2022

Conference photo

Federations agree next steps on trade union rights

Meeting in Skopje in North Macedonia on 22 September, public service trade unions from across Europe agreed to continue to work together to defend and strengthen trade union rights for employees, civil servants and all uniformed staff, from firefighters and health workers to police and military personnel.

Jun. 13, 2023

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EPSU backs firefighters and care staff in latest industrial action

EPSU has sent solidarity greetings to two affiliates who are the latest public service unions to take industrial action to tackle staffing shortages and win better pay and conditions.

Oct. 04, 2022

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Outsourcing is ‘hollowing out’ public administrations: new EPSU report

Press release (embargoed until 5pm) Accenture, McKinsey, PwC, EY... we're becoming increasingly reliant on consultancies.