Union Rights, Tax justice
Date
Oct. 12, 2006
SEKO Congress re-elects Jan Ruden as SEKO President
The Swedish union SEKO representing services and communication employees including in defence, public administration, correctional services and energy re-elected Jan Ruden as its President. The Congress addressed European issues, collective
Feb. 07, 2007
EPSU unions build European protest to oppose ownership unbundling of transmission and distribution networks
Verdi organised the big energy demonstration to protest the proposals of the European Commission on ownership unbundling. More than 20000 workers marched the streets of the German capital Berlin. Several
Oct. 30, 2007
Italian Public Sector Workers Strike Over Budget'Today's strike is a very strong response to the government and its forgetfulness,' said Paolo Nerozzi of the CGIL union.
(Rome, 26 October 2007) Up to two million Italian public sector workers held an eight-hour strike on Friday in protest against cuts in public spending in the country's latest budget