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Germany
Union rejects attempts to split health staff
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Switzerland
Union looks to shorter hours and better pay to address staff shortages
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U.K.
Local government workers get very different pay offers
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Italy
Union secures important legal victory on collective agreement
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Ireland
Public service unions agree to launch pay campaign
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Netherlands
Pay rises for workers in energy and maternity care
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Portugal
Waste workers take action over pay
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Spain
Potential progress on statute for forest firefighters
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Belgium
Confederations react to latest pension proposals
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Greece
Confederation calls for action to tackle sexual harassment
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France
Trade unions unite in call for action on cost of living
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Europe
Health and social care unions in action
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Collective Bargaining 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 [email protected].
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Slovak Republic
Public service workers set to get two pay rises in 2023
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Poland
Unprecedented pay rise for social insurance workers
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Ukraine
International organisations protest over attacks on labour rights
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North Macedonia
Unions make progress in local negotiations
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Germany
Union secures agreement on workloads and staffing
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Spain
Federations insist on public-sector wide negotiations
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U.K.
Unions continue to mobilise across the waste sector
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Italy
Workers mobilise across ministries of culture and defence
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Europe
Wages not driving inflation but price surge denies millions a holiday
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Finland
Pay increases agreed across private health and social care
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Denmark
Union acts on new research links cancers to firefighting
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Ireland
Unions in care sector to step up industrial action
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Bulgaria
Unions secure budget and pay improvements
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Germany
Contrasting bargaining in energy and health sectors
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Belgium
Civil servants set to get long-awaited pay rise
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Denmark
Official figures reveal challenges facing care sector
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Global
Latest survey reveals worst abusers of trade union rights
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Europe
ETUC sets out challenges to deliver strong directive on platform work
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Ireland
Unions to step up industrial action in community and care sectors
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Türkiye
Union takes protest action over doctor’s murder
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Europe
Surveying the impact of digitalisation – take part in the survey
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Netherlands
Trade unions and employers call for investment in care staff
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France
3.5% increase ends long-term freeze in public sector
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Portugal
Health and water workers take action
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Europe
Governments back directive on minimum wages and collective bargaining
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North Macedonia
Strike action across the public sector
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Italy
Federations negotiate new three-year agreement in public health
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Bulgaria
Health insurance workers take action over pay and jobs
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Norway
Unions secure pay rises for health workers
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Belgium
Massive national demonstration over pay and cost of living
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Europe
Pay and pensions rise by 2.4% net at European institutions
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Germany
Union wins court case and continues strike action in hospitals
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Netherlands
Unions agree deal in central government
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U.K.
Care workers to strike over attack on pay and conditions
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Ireland
Latest on pay in public and non-profit sectors
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Spain
Unions renew calls for public sector negotiations
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Europe
ETUC calls for rapid agreement on minimum wage directive
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Netherlands
Union members voting on different energy deals
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Germany
Research reveals extent of health staffing shortfall
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Georgia
Health union action blocks 12-hour shift change
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Finland
Municipal pay deal finalised but health unions maintain dispute
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France
Energy unions will continue to mobilise over pay
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U.K.
Waste sector disputes rumble on
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Europe
Updated approach to hospital recruitment and retention
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Denmark
Local authority negotiates over permanent move to four-day week
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Portugal
Unions continue campaign on collective agreements in water company
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Germany
Social and care staff to get additional days off and monthly allowances
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France
Energy unions take action over pay
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Norway
Extended mediation finally delivers result for municipal and state workers
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Netherlands
State sector negotiations get under way
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Europe
Trade unions and employers exchange on wage and price developments
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U.K.
Civil service union plans ballot on action on pay and conditions
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Austria
Unions condemn government proposals on childcare
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Italy
Unions secure new waste agreement for public and private sectors
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Finland
Municipal and health unions continue action
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Portugal
Local government workers join protest over pay
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Belgium
Confederations mobilise for 20 June
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Denmark
Union demonstrates financial benefits of full-time work
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Finland
Mixed reaction to conciliation in local government and health
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Germany
Union steps up action in social and educational services
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Italy
Unions sign three-year agreement covering central government
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Ireland
Unions launch joint campaign over pay in community and health services
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Sweden
Unions welcome settlement in Church of Sweden dispute
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Netherlands
Central government negotiations set to begin
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Czech Republic
Strike threat secures pay negotiations
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Spain
Public service federations call for pay negotiations
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U.K.
Waste workers continue fight for better pay and other rights
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Global
Report highlights how collective bargaining can advance equality
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Norway
Strike threat in state sector if mediation doesn’t deliver
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Austria
National mobilisation in unions’ “health offensive” campaign
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Bulgaria
Pay rise for health workers
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Croatia
Lengthy negotiations finally deliver on trade union demands
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Lithuania
Federations send joint protest letter to Achema management
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Belarus
EPSU joins international condemnation of detention of union leaders
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Finland
Municipal negotiations unresolved as health unions cancel strike action
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Portugal
Unions call for urgent action on public sector pay
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Germany
Care workers get 35-hour week with no loss of pay
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Ireland
Union welcomes government’s decision on hours reduction
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Netherlands
Disability care agreement delivers 8%+ for lower paid
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Belgium
Confederations maintain their pay campaign
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Sweden
Union delays industrial action in dispute with church
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USA
Research reveals impact of declining collective bargaining coverage
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Finland
Health unions set out plans for next stage of strike action
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Netherlands
Youth workers get 8% increase in three-year deal
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Ireland
Framework for remote working could be model for public service
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Germany
Union mobilises private and non-profit workers to support public sector negotiations
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Europe
ETUC welcomes progress on gender pay transparency directive
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Croatia
Public service unions reject pay offer
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Sweden
Church could be hit by strike if mediation fails
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Denmark
Shortage of nurses leads to poorer quality and lower patient safety
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Switzerland
Union backs protest on working time
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U.K.
Waste sector hit by spate of disputes and action
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Europe
Update on minimum wage directive and working time
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Portugal
Mobilising for better pay and conditions
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Finland
Nurses join action in municipal and health sectors as pay offer rejected
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Germany
Union frustrated after second round of bargaining
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Netherlands
Unions secure 6%+ for workers in social care
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U.K.
Unions suspend strike action over equal pay
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Austria
Unions call for better pay for early years education workers
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Spain
Strike suspended as labour inspectorate offers concessions
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Croatia
Unions disappointed by government response on pay demand
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Ireland
High vote in favour of new pay structure for school secretaries
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Italy
Unions push bargaining agenda in health and local services
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Europe
Analysis sets out links between bargaining coverage and pay
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Europe
Collective bargaining and algorithmic management
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Norway
Still some way to go to establish pension scheme for culture workers
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Finland
Nurses’ unions plan strike action over pay
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Netherlands
Thousands join day of action by youth workers
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Ireland
Call to review pay agreement as inflation surges
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Italy
Unions take action in private and public health and local services
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Finland
Unions step up action to increase pressure on municipal employers
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Spain
Unions plan protests and strike over collective agreement
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Latvia
Health union suspends strike action to keep negotiating
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U.K.
Unions back action over equal pay
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France
Unions call for negotiations and pay rise for public sector workers
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Europe
Patent office workers plan industrial action
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Greece
Confederation calls 24-hour strike for 6 April
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Austria
National action in early years education
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Germany
Union criticises COVID-19 bonus plans
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Finland
State sector agreement finalised as municipal unions impose overtime ban
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Germany
No offer from employers in childcare negotiations
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Sweden
Report exposes staffing problems in elder care
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Italy
New agreement for firefighters
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Austria
Unions’ health offensive launches on petition to parliament
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Europe
Research exposes how performance pay widens pay gap
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Ireland
Union makes progress for school secretaries
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France
Customs staff take action over jobs and pay and conditions
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Greece
Action by justice staff over pay and working conditions
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Spain
Union organises protest over pay in care sector
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Denmark
Unions highlights impact of rising prices in promoting its equality campaign
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Switzerland
Union welcomes hospital initiative on shorter working week
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Slovenia
Health strike goes ahead
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Spain
Public service unions want urgent action on temporary work
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Germany
Health insurance workers take action
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Austria
Pay deal in electricity industry
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Ireland
Hospital pharmacists call off strike action
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U.K.
Pay boost for care workers in Wales
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Netherlands
Pay rises for workers in general health practices
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Belgium
Unions take initiative following care company scandal
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Europe
Report analyses recent dispute trends across Europe
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Europe
Legal news round-up
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Lithuania
Strikers under pressure in unprecedented action
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USA
USA sets example for Europe with initiative on organising and collective bargaining
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Slovenia
Health and social care unions plan strike action
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Sweden
Survey reveals better pay and conditions in public elderly care
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Ukraine
Negotiations underway on collective agreement in health sector
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Germany
Negotiations in social care and early years education to resume
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Italy
Federation sets out proposals on health sector staffing
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Netherlands
Hospital agreement gets partial support
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Ireland
Hospital pharmacists to strike over pay structure
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U.K.
Public sector workers balloted over industrial action
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Portugal
Water company unions target government in pay campaign
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Switzerland
Union legal case delivers for live-in care workers
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Austria
Union calls for recognition of hospital workers’ sacrifice in pandemic
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Spain
Unions confirm timetable for public sector negotiations