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Mar. 01, 2022

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Ukraine Solidarity Fund - Second PSI-EPSU Joint Statement

PSI and EPSU join ETUC and ITUC and reiterate their condemnation of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.

Dec. 21, 2020

Building our unions

EPSU’s guide, Building the union – winning for members, provides an introduction of the main issues for unions looking to develop a recruitment and organising strategy and is available in 13 languages.

Nov. 25, 2022

2022 - 25 November

TPV Project - Final Conference

Sep. 26, 2022

Negotiations on intersectoral agreement on telework kick off

The delegations of the ETUC and the intersectoral employers of BusinessEurope, Small and Mediumsized Enterprises United and Services of General Interest Europe met for the first time 22 September.

Sep. 23, 2022

Occupational health and safety on the agenda at ETUC summer school

The ETUC organised a summer school on occupational health and safety (OSH) on 8 and 9 September 2022 to discuss the challenges and priorities of OSH in the EU.

Sep. 22, 2022

EPSU Joins the Care4Care Debate

EPSU attended the Care4Care seminar to discuss the new EU care strategy.

Sep. 22, 2022

2022 - 22 September

Defending and strengthening trade union rights in public services - Final Conference in the project, 22 September 2022

Sep. 21, 2022

Central European/Western Balkan unions discuss cost of living, prepare for Congress

The union leaders exchanged information on the increasing cost of living and the union actions to improve pay for workers and to ensure people can meet those costs.

Sep. 13, 2022

French trade unions obtain the cancellation of ORPEA workplace elections for fraud

Yesterday (12th September) the local court of Puteaux (France) annulled the professional elections organised by ORPEA in June 2019 in 224 care home facilities of the group over electoral fraud.

Sep. 13, 2022

Right to strike at risk in new EU law

The right to strike could be undermined by new EU legislation meant to ensure the single market can withstand crises like the Covid pandemic, a legal analysis by the ETUC has found.

Sep. 12, 2022

24-hour care worker finally receives unpaid wages of 30,000 euros

In a landmark judgement, Diana Markova (name changed), a 70-year-old care worker from Bulgaria, won a years-long court battle with the help of ver.di, a German trade union affiliated with EPSU.

Sep. 12, 2022

Amazon’s market behaviour – EPSU joins demanding tougher policies

EPSU joined a group of concerned organisations that contributed comments to the ongoing investigation of the European Commission on market behaviour of Amazon.

Sep. 12, 2022

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Finland: EPSU backs health unions’ right to strike

EPSU has sent a message of solidarity to nurses' unions in Finland in the face of the government’s threat to ban strikes in health and social care. The federation has also written to the Finnish prime minister urging her to withdraw this unacceptable threat to the right to strike.

Sep. 09, 2022

Immediate measures are urgent, but the energy market must be fundamentally changed!

Ahead of the extraordinary Council of EU Energy Ministers on 9 September 2022 to discuss emergency measures to mitigate the currently exploding energy prices, EPSU reiterates the need for an urgent and immediate price cap on electricity and gas prices.

Sep. 07, 2022

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EPSU reaction to the EU care strategy

Long awaited EU care strategy is a step in the right direction, but care workers need more! Press release (Brussels 07 September) The publication today of the European Care Strategy