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Oct. 30, 2012

EPSU/FES Seminar on Corruption in the Public Sector (2 days)

30-31 October 2012 Four Points by Sheraton Panorama Hotel, Trg Krešimira Ćosića 9 10000 Zagreb, Croatia tel.: +385 1 3658 333, fax: +385 1 3092 657 European Federation of Public

Sep. 27, 2012

EPSU statement to mark International Day against corruption 9 December 2011

On 22 and 23 November 2011, EPSU affiliates from Western Balkan (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia) and Norway, met in Belgrade, Serbia, to discuss corruption in public services

Mar. 03, 2014

Ukraine: Federation of Trade Unions calls on government to address unfair income distribution and corruption

(3 March 2014) The Council of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU) was held on 27 February. The meeting started with a minute of silence in commemoration of

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

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. 29, 2016

LuxLeaks trial reminds that whistleblowers need EU legal protection, says trade union coalition

Press Statement (Brussels 29 June 2016) The Luxembourg court condemned on 29 June LuxLeaks whistleblowers Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet, former employees at PWC, to 12 and 9 months suspended

Jul. 15, 2016

Trade unions & NGOs meet to achieve real public country-by-country reporting by multinationals

Brussels 15 July 2016On 13 July, EPSU, the European Public Service Union, together with the ETUC and affiliates from Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway and Sweden held a meeting

Jan. 08, 2016

ETUC Executive adopts position on work-life balance

(8 January 2016) The ETUC Executive has adopted a position on the first-stage consultation of the EU Social Partners on a “new start” for work-life balance at its meeting 16-17

Feb. 24, 2016

Commission consults over work-life balance

(24 February 2016) {{Trade unions and employers met with Commission representatives in Brussels yesterday to discuss EU policy and legislation on work-life balance. EPSU was part of the delegation from

Apr. 13, 2015

Hungarian_culture_workers no to TTIP

Hungarian culture workers union KKDSZ says no to #TTIP

The main topic was the dire situation for the workers in the sector at the 11th Congress of the Culture Workers Unions.

Aug. 11, 2016

LuxLeaks: EPSU expresses dismay at decision to appeal whistleblower verdict

(11 August 2016) EPSU is dismayed to hear that the public prosecutor will appeal against Antoine Deltour, Raphaël Halet and Edouard Perrin, the two former employees of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and

Nov. 01, 2018

2018 November epsucob@NEWS 21

Union negotiates another workload and staffing agreement

Ver.di, the main trade union in the health sector, is close to securing an agreement on staffing and workloads with Augsburg hospital in Bavaria. As the institution is set to become a university hospital from 1 January next year, the agreement has to be confirmed by the state health minister. Ver.di members at the hospital have voted 93% in favour of industrial action and so the union says it is ready to take action if the agreement is rejected. Similar to other agreements negotiated recently in hospitals in North Rhine Westphalia and Saarland, the Augsburg deal will mean additional jobs - 100

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Nov. 20, 2018

EPSU Women and Gender Equality committee 5 November 2018, Brussels

Trade unionists from across Europe discuss interlinked gender equality issues

Lack of Work-Life Balance measures can prevent women from engaging in trade union work.

Nov. 21, 2018

Whistleblowers protection

Another step forward for EU-wide protection of whistleblowers

EPSU welcomes vote on whistleblowers’ protection directive in EP’s legal affairs committee

Nov. 22, 2018

Stercy Yghemonos and Sarii Tervonen Eurocarers, Sirpa Pietikainen MEP, Penny Clarke EPSU and Julie Ward, MEP

European Parliament discusses EU care strategy

The European Parliament interest group on informal care discussed the measures that need to be put in place to ensure quality care is available for all that need it.