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Co-ordinating collective bargaining in the energy sector

EPSU affiliates from the energy sector in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands met in Brussels on 27 January to discuss a number of commons issues. Comparisons of pay, company wage share trends, outsourcing, the use of fixed-term and agency workers and training were all on the agenda in what was the third meeting of this group of trade unions. The meeting was supported by the ETUI-REHS who will also help organise a follow-up meeting on 24-25 March when the group will decide whether and how to continue meeting in future.
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