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On 27 November, after over a year of negotiations, the ETUC and the cross-sector employers informed the European Commission that they could not reach an agreement on telework and right to disconnect. The employers now say the file is with the Commission while the ETUC calls for legislative action

Last minute news: ETUC demonstration moved to 12th December (not the 13th). More will follow Finnish unions are continuing the mobilisation against the austerity plans of the government and against the attack on the right to strike. Rolling strikes across the country and large manifestations show

A summit on social dialogue was one of the most notable initiatives proposed by European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen in her State of the European Union speech in September. EPSU welcomed this and asked for the sectoral social dialogue to be on the agenda. However, we haven’t seen any

Stories of workers’ struggles dominated the 31st Congress of PSI, the global federation of public service workers, that took place earlier this week (14-18 October). Comrades spoke about the harsh repression facing trade unionists in Myanmar and Belarus and what is being done to support them and

While the cost-of-living crisis continues to hit working people, the European Commission and several national governments seem more focused on a return to austerity. They refuse to prolong measures to support workers and many public service workers are facing the prospect of pay freezes or increases

Last week’s State of the European Union speech by Commission president Ursula von der Leyen was disappointing. Not only did it lack a commitment to increase public investment for public services to implement in the European Pillar of Social Rights, but it contained dangerous deregulatory proposals

On Wednesday (6 September) EPSU joined comrades from the French energy union CGT-FNME at a rally in Brussels protesting against attacks on the union’s leadership including its general secretary Sebastien Menesplier for their role in the resistance against the pension reforms. The union has also been

The ETUC has called on unions to join the campaign for decent pay increases, against austerity and for a fair economy for all. The call follows the discussions in the ETUC Congress in Berlin and the emergency resolution to stand up against austerity, demand social justice and improve workers’ rights

EPSU’s long and hard work to set up a sectoral social dialogue committee for social services has finally paid off. On 10 July, a year after our joint application with the Social Employers and supported by the CEMR municipal employers, European Commissioner Nicolas Schmit informed us of the

A Belgian property empire, Cofinimmo, is ripping off the public purse and benefitting from public money meant for elderly care. Care providers sell homes to the company and then lease them back at huge cost. This has been exposed in new research by the Centre for International Corporate Tax

The first call has gone out for EPSU’s next Congress on 18-20 June 2024. In about a year’s time we’ll meet in Bucharest to discuss the priorities for the following five years. Over the next few weeks. you will receive more information, including a draft programme of action, the Congress agenda and

Leaders of 47 European countries will meet in Chisinau, Moldova on 1 June in a gathering called the European Political Community (EPC). It is a sort of geo-political response to the challenges arising from the Russian aggression in Ukraine, the growing influence of Chinese money and power through

Belgian unions are organising a national demonstration on 22 May over attacks on the right to protest and right to strike. This comes as corporations such as retailers Ahold/Delhaize, bank ING and clothing/fashion house Zara have been abusing a legal loophole (with a unilateral demand and hearing)

It was inspiring to join 1st of May demonstrations and actions. Workers and working-class communities across the world were celebrating our victories and resisting oppression and attacks on our rights. They were also demanding action for something better, for a world in which people and our

This week our Executive Committee had an extensive discussion on the social dialogue and the role of the European Commission. The Initiative on Social Dialogue and the Recommendation to the Council on strengthening social dialogue and collective bargaining at national level were welcomed. However –