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EPSU's main collective bargaining conference will take place on 9-10 December in Brussels. Further details will be circulated shortly and will be available on the EPSU website. The main themes will include equal pay and low pay, and European Court judgements and collective bargaining. There will also be the usual round up of social dialogue and collective bargaining developments both at cross-sectoral and sectoral level.
EPSU’s annual conference on collective bargaining and social dialogue will take place in Brussels on 9-10 December and is open to all EPSU affiliates with some sponsorship money available for participants from the New Member States and Candidate Countries. Apart from reviewing developments in social dialogue and collective bargaining in general and in the public services there will also be specific debates on equal pay and the impact of recent European Court cases (Laval, Viking, Rüffert, Luxembourg) on collective bargaining. There will be a choice of workshops and the possibility of taking
EPSU’s seventh annual collective bargaining conference takes place in Brussels on 3-4 December. Key debates will cover the economic crisis, decent work, precarious employment, lifelong learning and women and the crisis. The conference is organised with financial support from the European Commission which will help contribute towards the travel and accommodation costs of some participants. Interpretation will be provided to and from English, French, German, Czech, Swedish, Italian, Romanian and Russian. It will also be possible to speak (but not listen to) Danish, Norwegian, Spanish and
Don't forget to send us news of collective bargaining developments in your country and sector. We want reports for epsucob@NEWS and for our round-up of information for the EPSU annual report on collective bargaining and social dialogue. The annual report will be discussed at the collective bargaining conference in Brussels on 3rd and 4th December. Read more at > EPSU (10 languages)