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Jun. 09, 2022

The Future is Public – Dutch and Turkish unions discussing public services

Unions from the Turkish confederations KESK and DISK and the Dutch union FNV exchanged strategies to oppose the privatisation and commercialisation of public services.

May. 25, 2021

Turkish and Dutch unions discuss resistance to privatisation and commercialisation of public services

The Turkish unions in DISK (like Genel-Is and Devrim Saglik-Is) and KESK (SES, Tum-bel-Sen) and the Dutch FNV met to discuss the impact of outsourcing, privatisation and commercialisation of public services.

Aug. 30, 2019

EPSU North East European Constituency meeting in Tallinn, 28-29 August 2019

EPSU’s North East European Constituency discussed public debt, equality, youth work and more

Public debt crises happen more often than we think and including in developed countries. It means that a government can no longer service its debt payments.

Sep. 13, 2016

Brochure published by FNV The Netherlands on the Trade in Services Agreement TiSA

The Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) is a threat to public services such as health care and education. If the treaty is implemented this means more competition in several services.

Feb. 25, 2016

EPSU joins the EU Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) for EU-Korea Free Trade agreement

EPSU has been appointed to the EU Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) made up of trade unions, business and NGO representatives.

Apr. 26, 2013

2013 April epsucob@NEWS 06 - Austerity and the public sector

The Wrong Target - the facts and the human stories behind the pay cuts

Europe

As the trend towards public sector pay cuts began to take hold across Europe, EPSU decided it was important to monitor the impact of those cuts and the way they were being implemented. Two major reports produced by the Labour Research Department set out not just the facts and figures in 10 countries where cuts were imposed but also provide case studies to show what those cuts have meant for individual public sector workers.

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