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TPVH 3rd Negotiations meeting, 29 April 2024 Brussels Belgium

TPVH 3rd Negotiations meeting, 29 April 2024

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Apr. 03, 2024

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EPSU urges vote against EU’s new fiscal rules

EPSU has joined the ETUC and other trade union and civil society organisations in rejecting new EU rules on public finance that threaten a return to austerity.

Apr. 27, 2023

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Will EU’s new fiscal rules hinder urgent action on staffing crises?

Public service federation EPSU is concerned that the proposed reform of the European Union’s fiscal rules, published yesterday, might undermine national action to address the widespread staffing shortages across a broad range of public services in Europe – in health and social care, the justice system, childcare, tax administrations, utilities and more.

Feb. 28, 2023

Eurogroup

Union challenges bank’s inflation analysis

EPSU affiliate, IPSO, the main trade union at the European Central Bank (ECB), has challenged the institution’s approach to inflation both in relation to its own employees and the wider economy.

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.

Oct. 01, 2021

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Joint Statement on Sustainable Corporate Governance

On Thursday, September 30th, leading officials of the European trade union federations EFFAT, EPSU, IndustriAll Europe and UNI Europa as well as the ETUC met with the cabinet of European Commissioner Thierry Breton (Internal Market).

Jan. 29, 2021

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New report sheds light on tax avoidance by Canadian pension fund investor in Europe

A new report from the Center for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research shows how Revera – a major private care home operator – is using aggressive tax avoidance schemes.

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

Aug. 06, 2019

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Analysis finds Commission study hinting at further push on privatisation

Research on public assets published by the European Commission fails to capture realistically their role in society and the economy according to a briefing produced for EPSU.

Apr. 11, 2019

EFISTU reports

Reports put spotlight on public services and social dialogue in European Semester

Two reports published today provide an insight into how the European Semester deals with public service issues and the extent to which trade unions have a role in the process.

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

May. 17, 2016

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EPSU Joins Civil Society Calling on European Leaders to Keep Promise To Tax Banks

A massive coalition of organisations, representing 140 million European citizens, is demanding that Heads of States and Finance Ministers keep their promises and agree an ambitious financial transactions tax (FTT) in June.