Second regional collective bargaining conference
Twenty-two delegates from seven countries met in Berlin earlier this month in the second of three regional meetings that EPSU has organised on social dialogue and collective bargaining with financial assistance from the European Commission. The participants discussed latest developments in pay, the ETUC's fair campaign and recent controversial statements from the European Central Bank and Eurogroup of finance ministers about “inflationary” pay claims in the public sector. The meeting also covered the threat to collective bargaining from recent European Court cases and examined the sectoral