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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. 23, 2022

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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.

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.

May. 06, 2020

EPSU meeting with Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius on Circular Economy

EPSU meets EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius to discuss Circular Economy Action Plan

The European Commission adopted a European union circular economy action plan in March 2020. EPSU organised a discussion with Virginijus Sinkevičius, the Commissioner responsible.

Apr. 24, 2020

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Poland: EPSU protests over threat to civil service jobs, pay and conditions

EPSU has today sent a letter to the prime minister of Poland,Mateusz Morawiecki, protesting agains the so-called Shield Two Act that poses a major threat to the jobs and pay and conditions of civil servants and other workers in public administration.

Sep. 03, 2019

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Public and Private Sector efficiency

A major review of hundreds of academic studies reveals that there is no empirical evidence that the private sector is intrinsically more efficient than the public sector

Oct. 02, 2018

Mads Samsing (HK/Kommunal, Denmark), chair of EPSU’s Standing Committee for Local and Regional Government

Involving and investing in workers

(2 october 2018) “It is essential that we continuously develop new skills for new roles and new jobs. Otherwise, we will not succeed with the adaptions we need to make

Dec. 19, 2017

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EPSU feature on adaptation to climate change

The heatwaves and droughts, storms and flooding that have hit Europe and other parts of the world this summer have left no doubt about the devastating consequences of extreme weather events linked to climate change.