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Apr. 07, 1998

Developments in the European Waste Sector

Basic points for an EPSU position, adopted by the Executive Committee, May 1998 waste basic - ENwaste basic - FRwaste basic - GE waste basic - SPwaste basic - NOwaste

Mar. 05, 1999

Health and Safety checklists for waste management

Following several discussions a number of checklists were produced for workers in the waste sector. These contain a list of questions which might be worthwhile for waste workers to ask

Feb. 27, 2001

EPSU Waste Management Conference, 12 February 2001

The following documents were made available to participants at the EPSU Waste Management Conference: - The private sector and waste management in Central and Eastern Europe, PSIRU 2000 - Mergers

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

Jun. 27, 2004

risks linked to refuse collection vehicules

EN Please find attached a memo of the European Trade Union Technical Bureau. It deals with health and safety issues. It raises concerns on the safety of refuse collection vehicules

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

May. 20, 2005

Waste Management conference, 20 June 2005, Brussels

“European Works Councils and the Waste Industry Dealing with competition and restructuring” This conference was organised with the financial support from the European Commission International Trade Union House, Brussels, 09:00

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

Jun. 22, 2005

European waste workers agree to fight cut-throat competition

The single most important issue facing European waste workers is unfair competition with employers seeking to reduce wages and other benefits. The waste sector is confronted with “cowboy” companies that

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