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The ETUI-REHS research institute launched a new monthly collective bargaining newsletter in February as part of the ETUC's strategy to improve the flow of information between its affiliated organisations. The first two issues can be found on the ETUI-REHS website.
Read more at > ETUI-REHS (EN)
EPSU, with the support of the ETUI education institute, will be organising a seminar on collective bargaining in Elewijt near Brussels on 23-25 May. Speakers from the ETUC will examine the impact of economic governance on wage determination and new proposals from the ETUC to step up coordination of collective bargaining. The seminar will discuss, in particular, the potential role and activity of an ESPU collective bargaining network. Official invitations will be sent out shortly but you can contact [Richard Pond->[email protected] ] for further information and to indicate if you wish to
Services union ver.di has launched a new newsletter, Zeus, to monitor and report on the Asklepios private health company and, in particular, developments in pay and conditions. Although some individual clinics in the company have collective agreements and there is an agreement covering doctors, around 18,000 workers in the company are not covered by collective bargaining. Ver.di is also campaigning against Asklepios’s use of outsourcing to cut costs and challenging the role of two other union organisations (DHV and Medsonet) that are signing deals with the company. The two organisations are
