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May. 23, 2025

Public Service Day: Join the fight for EPSU's Public Services Agenda

EPSU has launched its Public Services Agenda calling for strong public services at the heart of Europe's future.

Jul. 24, 2024

EPSU 11th Congress June 2024

Programme of Action and documents adopted

EPSU Congress Resolutions, Programme of Action and updated Constitution: A new Programme of Action was adopted at the 11th EPSU Congress, 18 - 20 June 2024. The Programme of Action lays out the main priorities for EPSU over the next Congress period and follows five key areas.

Jul. 10, 2025

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Towards a more coherent framework for addressing long-term care workforce challenges

EPSU joined EU and national actors to explore concrete strategies for improving working conditions and tackling labour shortages in the long-term care workforce.

Jul. 10, 2025

EPSU defends the future of European Social Fund+ in upcoming EU budget

EPSU joins more than 45 organisations urging the European Commission to strengthen the ESF+ in the next EU budget, not weaken it.

Jul. 09, 2025

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The care sector in crisis - challenges for social partners in Central and Eastern Europe

EPSU social services provided key conclusions for ways forward in collective bargaining at the Care Thematic Seminar.

Jul. 09, 2025

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EPSU pushes for new EWCs in private care sector

New EWC efforts launched at Domus Vi and Dibber to tackle staffing crisis in care sector.

Jul. 02, 2025

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Right to Energy Coalition adopts new strategy paper

The Coalition has adopted a new strategy to make energy a right, not a privilege, for everyone in Europe.

Jul. 02, 2025

EPSU staff holding 'No to Austerity' Public Service Day banners.

Workers across Europe say no to austerity on Public Service Day

Workers across Europe marked Public Service Day by calling for an end to austerity and demanding that public services be placed at the centre of Europe’s future.

Jul. 02, 2025

Eurofound present preliminary working conditions survey findings to social partners

Stakeholders discussed findings and gave feedback on the preliminary results ahead of its launch.

Jul. 02, 2025

Europe's waste workers face rising heat, injury, and new safety threats: new EPSU report

New EPSU report sheds light on the dangerous working conditions in the waste sector.

Jul. 01, 2025

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All eyes on the Council of Europe: EPSU at the Academy for Social Democracy

Trade unions are not only workers’ organisations, but also part of the broader civil society that must be protected and empowered through European mechanisms.

Jul. 01, 2025

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One million ‘avoidable deaths’ shows austerity kills

New Eurostat figures show that more than a million people lost their lives due to ‘avoidable’ conditions in 2022.

Jun. 30, 2025

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Clariane and EPSU sign European agreement on health and safety at work

The agreement is the first European framework agreement in the private elderly and healthcare sector that places health and safety at the centre of social dialogue.

Jun. 30, 2025

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Building alliances against the Commission’s deportation proposal

EPSU took part in a PICUM meeting to organise opposition to Commission's new 'returns' regulation.

Jun. 30, 2025

A large group of trade unionists march in Budapest Pride 2025 under a bright blue sky, holding a colourful banner that reads "Solidarity with Pride" and waving various union and rainbow flags.

Trade unions march for rights and dignity at Budapest Pride 2025

EPSU joined thousands of marchers in Budapest to stand in solidarity with the LGBT+ community and defend democratic freedoms under attack in Hungary and beyond.