Electricity, Transparency & Corruption
Date
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
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
Jun. 27, 2016
Electricity Sector: Trade unions and employers sign landmark agreement on traineeships
EURELECTRIC/IndustriAll Europe/EPSU Joint Press Release (27 June 2016) Today Employers and trade unions have signed a landmark agreement to provide minimum standards for trainees in the European electricity sector.Jan Willem
May. 04, 2016
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Strike action secures commitment to social dialogue
(May 2016) Following strike action last month, the SDE Slovenije energy union, has secured an agreement from the government that any planned restructuring of the energy industry would be subject to social dialogue with the union. The union took industrial action in reaction to recent trends where the government had been taking unilateral decisions about the electricity sector while failing to fully honour agreements signed with the union. Read more at SDE (SL)
Sep. 23, 2015
European Social Partners in the Electricity Sector reiterate support for "Just Transition"
(23 September 2015) Ahead of the upcoming COP21, EPSU successfully agreed a [joint position with the social partners->http://www.epsu.org/a/11679] – IndustriAll (for the Unions) and Eurelectric (representing employers) – which committed
Sep. 22, 2015
EURELECTRIC/IndustriAll Europe/EPSU Joint Position on addressing measures to mitigate social impacts
COP21 UN Climate Change Conference (22 September 2015) Climate change is one of the biggest global challenges our generation faces. It will shape the way the power industry runs business
Sep. 22, 2015
EURELECTRIC/IndustriAll Europe/EPSU Joint Press Release on addressing measures to mitigate social impacts
COP21 UN Climate Change Conference (22 September 2015) European Social Partners for the Electricity Sector have committed to “the development of skilling and reskilling programmes, the creation of quality jobs
Sep. 03, 2015
Social partners in the Electricity sector meet to prepare the next social dialogue committee meeting
(2 September 2015). EPSU hosted a preparatory meeting between the secretariats of the social partners for the forthcoming Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee (SSDC) for Electricity plenary session. Trade union representatives