Yesterday the European Parliament voted with a very slim majority to endorse the report of MEP Michel Dantin on the Drinking Water Directive (DWD).
Ahead of next week’s vote in the European Parliament on the Drinking Water Directive (DWD), the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) urges Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to support the call for the provision of universal access to drinking water.
It is now one year since the EU Pillar of Social Rights was declared in Gothenburg. We take stock in this newsletter. Progress to realise the Pillar has been slow.
Firefighters, care workers, prison service staff, public servants and many other public service workers have all recently been involved in industrial action. EPSU affiliates have been mobilising, many with similar demands.
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
Union negotiates another workload and staffing agreement
Portugal
High level of support for national strike
U.K.
Negotiations resume following equal pay strike
Norway
Union reveals public-private pay gap in care sector
Finland
Unions suspend industrial action over dismissal law changes
IN THIS ISSUE
U.K.
Massive strike for equal pay
Germany
Court victory for dismissed care workers
Spain
Prison unions begin their campaign of strike action
Austria
First round of bargaining on public sector pay
Finland
Union steps up action against proposed dismissal law
IN THIS ISSUE:
Germany
European solidarity for action at social care company
Turkey
Unions protest over dismissals and minimum wage
Cyprus
Civil service union takes action on pay
Ireland
Unions achieve progress on pay restoration
Finland
Cross-sector actions against weakening of dismissal law
