At the European environment council meeting on 5 March national environment ministers adopted a disappointing and very much watered down text on the Right2Water in the Drinking Water Directive.
Press release - Today is International Migrant Workers Day (IWD) which marks the adoption, 28 years ago, of the United Nations Convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and their families.
Last Friday an EPSU group joined the climate demonstration in Brussels on the 15 March global day of action. We walked with school and college students and others, along with a large union block under the slogan “Workers for Climate”.
The impact of austerity on working families was again exposed last week, this time in a report of the Living Wage Foundation in the UK.
Inspiring actions
Public service workers have been very active over the last two weeks:
epsucob@NEWS is EPSU’s newsletter covering developments in collective bargaining and pay and conditions in the public services across Europe. As well as general editions, EPSU also produces some special issues focusing on key topics such as minimum wages, trade union rights, pensions and economic governance. Further special issues are planned for the future. Please send us short updates on collective bargaining in your country so that we can improve the coverage of the newsletter. You can send them to rpond@epsu.org.
IN THIS ISSUE
Germany
Large pay rises for regional government workers
Sweden
Unions look to negotiate collective agreement covering disaster work
Spain
Unions sign deal covering workers in central administration
The Netherlands
Union regards hospital employers' offer as completely unacceptable
Italy
Unions to step up action in private health care
IN THIS ISSUE
Austria
Better pay and working time in private health and care
Ireland
Community employment supervisors take action over pensions
Denmark
Union attacks city's cuts to cleaning services
Switzerland
Public service unions calling for higher pay and better work-life balance
Italy
Unions in private healthcare mobilise as negotiations are suspended
Germany
Union calls warning strikes in lead up to next regional negotiations
Austria
Warning strikes in private health and social care
The Netherlands
Unions disappointed by latest pay offer in provincial government
U.K.
Palace workers and outsourced staff strike over pay and pensions
Norway
Court case against care company continues
