Gas

The European Commission launched the Pact of Skills in November 2020. The objective is to work with the relevant stakeholders to reflect and decide on the measures to be undertaken in order to adequately skill people of working age in their industrial ecosystem.

The European Sectoral Social Dialogue for Gas was first established in 2008 with a reinforcement of actions in 2019 and is supported by the European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion.

Around 9000 employees of British Gas were due to begin a second sequence of strike action on 22 January following the five-day action that began on 7 January.

Last week, the European Social Partners in the gas sector held a joint webinar, hosted by MEPs Agnes Jongerius (S&D) and Dennis Radtke (EPP), on the transition to climate neutrality and the need to ensure that is just for the workers in the gas sector.

Press Release - Today the European trade union federations, EPSU and industriAll, and the industry association Eurogas, adopted a common position on the Just Transition in the Green Deal.

On 28 October 2019, The European trade union federations, EPSU and IndustriAll-Europe, and the industry association Eurogas, restarted their European Social Dialogue in the gas sector, which has been dormant since 2012.

Today the European trade union federations, industriAll European Trade Union and EPSU, and the industry association Eurogas, restarted their European Social Dialogue in the gas sector

On 2 October, EPSU held its biannual Standing Committee (SC) on Utilities which drew together EPSU affiliates from across the continent, including representatives from Russia.

This week the Right to Energy coalition organised an European event with over 100 participants from 20 countries and several European organisations.

A new report on energy poverty has revealed that a majority of EU countries are unable to keep their citizens warm this winter.

On 11 September 2018, the Commission, the Council and the Parliament meet in Strasbourg for the second round of trilogue negotiations of the redesign of the electricity market.

During the standing committee on Utilities, which took place on 22 March, several key issues were addressed by EPSU and its affiliates.