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Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee in the Electricity Sector - Working Group 1/2022 Online Meeting Brussels Belgium

Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee in the Electricity Sector - Working Group 1/2022 Online Meeting

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May. 17, 2017

Right to Energy for all Europeans to be promoted at the European Parliament

Joint policy paper published by EAPN and EPSU - Today nearly 11% of the European Union’s population faces a situation of energy poverty.

Jun. 02, 2011

Environmental services are public services !

(29 August 2011) When talking about environmental services, people think of waste management, renewable energy or water supply, but far less of recycling, river basin management or forest management and

Jun. 02, 2017

Italian energy union FLAEI elects new leadership and direction for future

(2 June 2017) The Italian energy sector is going through many changes. Companies come and go, restructure and close older power plants. The renewable sector starts growing. Digitalisation, smart grids

Dec. 01, 2016

Commission’s Winter Energy Package continues dangerous market based approach, risks leaving domestic users in the cold

(Press Release) EPSU welcomes the European Commission’s winter energy package as ambitious, coherent and forward-looking in terms of its comprehensive governance system which will enhance policy planning in the field of climate and energy.

Oct. 05, 2016

Greek water struggle will continue say unions and water movements

The Greek Parliament voted to partly privatize the water companies of Athens and Thessaloniki 27 September 2016.

Oct. 06, 2016

EPSU’s Standing Committee on Utilities strongly supports Norwegian energy sector’s industrial action

(5 October 2016) EPSU’s Standing Committee on Utilities meeting today in Brussels voted unanimously to strongly support the industrial actions currently underway in the Norwegian Energy sector.The EL and IT

Oct. 06, 2016

ETUC wants regional strategies for just transition to low-carbon industry

(6 October) The Paris agreement has been ratified by the European Union. The EU commits to being carbon neutral in 2050 if it takes the agreement serious. There will be

Nov. 04, 2016

Paris Climate Agreement enters into force – More needs to be done on Just Transition says EPSU

(4 November 2016) With governments representing 55% of global CO2 emissions having now committed to the Paris Climate Agreement it enters into force 4 November 2016. The governments that signed

Jun. 26, 2017

Lobbying on 'winter package' for a democractic and transparent energy market

(26 June 2017) In November 2016, the European Commission presented the "Clean Energy for all Europeans" package. The proposed Regulation on the internal market in electricity (recast), contains numerous new

Jun. 26, 2017

Civil Society Organisations mobilise to defend the right to energy for all!

(26 June 2017) Last week European Civil Society organisations sent a letter to Members of the European Parliament calling on them to defend the right to energy. The letter, signed

Apr. 29, 2016

Trade Union Strategies Towards Decent Work in Global Supply Chains

Representatives from European national unions – Bulgaria, Malta, Poland, Sweden - and ETUFs – EPSU, ETF - discussed strategies to ensure good working conditions in global supply chains with their

Aug. 31, 2016

Just transition should be part of EU Energy Union says EPSU

(31 August 2016) Shop stewards of the Austrian electricity industry voiced their concerns over the EU Energy Union. It lacks concrete proposals to accompany the transition towards a decarbonized economy

Feb. 09, 2017

2017.02.07 EPSU St Cttee Utilities

EPSU’s Utilities SC grapples with challenges of digitalisation and a just transition through social dialogue

A packed EPSU Utilities Standing Committee grappled with the massive impact digitalisation is having on Europe’s utilities sector.

Nov. 17, 2017

Public event on the right to energy coalition on December 5

In June, a new Right to Energy coalition brought together unions, environmental NGOs, energy cooperatives, ombudsmen and anti-poverty organisations to defend the right to affordable, renewable energy for all Europeans in the 2030 EU energy package

Nov. 24, 2017

Electricity European Social Partners stand up for just energy transition

EPSU, Eurelectric and IndustriAll-Europe adopted on November 21st at the plenary meeting of the Electricity Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee a joint statement on just energy transition.