Migration, Demographic change, Precarious employment

Proposals to reform the labour code have been criticised by a range of trade union and student organisations. The CGT and FO confederations were joined by thousands of students in protests on 9 March calling for he withdrawal of the planned changes. Other union organisations, including the CFDT and UNSA, are pushing for changes to the reforms, particuarly in relation to measures that will make it easier for employers to carry out redundancies. They plan to mobilise for 12 March and warn of further action if the government doesn't make the necessary changes.

Oct. 21, 2013

Zero hours and the spread of precarious employment

Europe is experiencing a concerning increase of precarious work arrangements that already began in the 1990s and early 2000s with demands for more flexibility, the promise of job growth, and

Sep. 29, 2015

EPSU-ILO Decent Work Project: Report of fourth regional meeting in Sofia

(7 September 2015) {{More than 25 participants from five countries took part in the fourth regional workshop of EPSU’s project with the International Labour Organisation’s training centre at the beginning

Dec. 05, 2013

Addressing the Challenges of an Ageing Workforce in Health and Social Care: Social Partner Documents & Research

Addressing the Challenges of an Ageing Workforce in Health and Social Care: Studies, Presentations, Social Partner Documents 1) EPSU & HOSPEEM Activities 2006-2013 + EPSU Position Paper 2012 - [{{EPSU-HOSPEEM

Apr. 27, 2016

Social partners in local and regional government present their activities on migration

On 25 April EPSU and CEMR jointly presented to the Liaison Forum - a body which brings together social partners in all the different EU sectoral social dialogue Committees -

May. 27, 2016

As governments across the world avoid responsibility for refugees, unions say "refugees welcome"

With more than 60 million people fleeing war, terror and abject poverty, the world faces the biggest refugee crisis since the Second World War.

Jun. 10, 2016

Workers are not robots EPSU GS at ETUC Executive Committee June 2016

ETUC Executive discusses equality action plan, digitalisation, trade, atypical work, youth employment, economic governance

Europe’s union leaders meet several times a year, where we discuss social, economic and political developments across Europe.

Jun. 20, 2016

World Refugee Day: EU leaders must live up to their international obligations

(20 June 2016) On World Refugee Day, EPSU reaffirms that human beings are not tradable commodities, and that the right to safe haven is an international human right as laid

Jul. 15, 2016

ETUC final statement on the next steps after the UK referendum

European trade unions fight for workers' rights in aftermath brexit.Leaders of European Trade unions in the ETUC met UK unionists to discuss the consequences of BREXIT. The extraordinary committee adopted

Oct. 16, 2018

European Court of Auditors finds irregularities in EASO and FRONTEX spending

As the European Council failed once again to agree the solidarity elements of the Migration Package at their last meeting on 11-12 October 2018, the EU’s Asylum Agency (EASO) is sinking in malfunction

Oct. 25, 2018

2018 October epsucob@NEWS 20

Union steps up action against proposed dismissal law

Finland

The JHL public services union stepped up its industrial action against proposed changes in dismissal rights with a 48-hour strike by around 10000 members who work in cleaning, property maintenance and food service sectors and sports and culture services. The strike is part of widespread trade union industrial action against plans to reduce dismissal protection for workers in small companies. The unions argue that not only is the change unfair, creating two-tier labour law but also threatens to impact women workers more than men. Trade unions are also angry that the government is trying to

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