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May. 26, 2004

Verdi negotiators discuss coordination of collective bargaining in Europe

The German union Verdi brought its negotiators together to discuss the coordination of collective bargaining in Europe. Examples of European coordination such as in EPSU (wage coordination guideline, EPSUCOB@, social

Aug. 09, 2004

ETUC Summer School on Collective Bargaining, 5-7 September 2004

The ETUC Coordination of Collective Bargaining Committee started its work with the traditional summer school. Issues on the agenda: overview of developments, collective bargaining in new member states, working time

Aug. 17, 2004

Working hours information from IG Metall

IG Metall Department for Collective Bargaining - 2004-02-23 - Sectoral agreement pages 1-2 - Siemens agreement pages 3-4 - Daimler-Chrysler agrement pages 5-6 {{Collective Agreement on Pay and Working Time Flexibility

Sep. 30, 2004

Working time - the key issues

- Recent trends - Public sector across Europe - Longer hours in German public sector - What happened at Siemens and Daimler-Chrysler - Working time directive Over the last few

Jun. 14, 2005

EPSU Questionnaire: Outsourcing in the Public Services

Questionnaire FSESP: L'externalisation dans les services publics EPSU Fragebogen: Outsourcing im öffentlichen Dienst Cuestionario de la FSESP: Externalización de los servicios públicos EPSU kartläggning: Outsourcing inom offentliga tjänster {EPSU affiliates

Jul. 30, 2005

Collective Bargaining - useful links

- [Online European industrial relations dictionary->www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/industrialrelations/dictionary/] ETUC web pages on: - [collective bargaining->http://www.etuc.org/r/792] - [social dialogue->http://www.etuc.org/r/59] [ETUC web pages on key legal cases on collective bargaining->http://www.etuc.org/r/846] [ETUI page on key

Sep. 18, 2005

Report from ETUC collective bargaining committee

The ETUC collective bargaining committee met recently (12 October 2005) to discuss the initial results of its annual survey of collective bargaining around Europe. Also on the agenda were the

Oct. 19, 2005

Barroso steps into Swedish collective bargaining controversy

Last weekend (16 October) European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso stepped into the controversy created by Commissioner for the Internal Market, Charlie McCreevey. McCreevey had been quoted a week earlier

Oct. 26, 2005

European Parliament discusses McCreevey attack on collective agreements

Commission President Barroso and Commissioner McCreevey were summoned before the European Parliament after Commissioner McCreevey had argued that Swedish collective agreements might be obstacles to the free movement of Services

May. 23, 2006

Public sector strike in Germany ends with defeat for employers on working hours

After 14 weeks of strike action the German services union Ver.di is celebrating a positive result in its dispute with the regional government employers. The strike, the longest in the

Jun. 01, 2006

Pensions debate focuses on portability, equality and socially responsible investment

The portability of individual pension rights was one of the main debates with Henri Lourdelle of the ETUC explaining the implications the current draft directive on portability. While EPSU supports

Aug. 07, 2006

Transnational bargaining

As part of its Social Agenda for the period 2005-2010, the European Commission initiated a discussion on setting up an optional legal framework for transnational bargaining. The Commission recognises that

Sep. 07, 2006

ETUC summer school tackles transnational bargaining, working time, precarious jobs and "flexicurity"

Over 50 trade union officers from around Europe gathered in Seville last weekend to debate some of the key issues facing European trade unions. The ETUC's annual summer school on

Sep. 15, 2006

European integration - analysis of the role of trade unions and EPSU in Economic and Monetary Union

An interesting article as been published in an academic journal which analysis the role of trade union responses to changing production relations that accompanied the process of European integration and

Sep. 19, 2006

ETUC Collective Bargaining Committee 5 October 2006

Annual survey - “excessive flexibility” and “flexicurity” - transnational bargaining The three main issues on the agenda at the ETUC Collective Bargaining Committee in Brussels on 5 October were: -