Study reveals extent of restructuring in electricity sector

Public services union IMPACT and general union SIPTU have welcomed a new parliamentary report that reveals the problems of low pay and poor working conditions in the early years sector. The unions are calling for increased investment and funding for the sector and action to tackle low pay with the need to set pay rates that recognise the responsibilities and qualifications of childcare workers, 98% of whom are women.

Services union ver.di has strongly restated its demand for needs-based and binding staffing levels across all hospitals, following the publication of new research revealing a shortfall of up to 50,000 full-time employees in intensive care units. The union argues that this is a huge gap that endangers intensive care as well as the health of professional nurses. The study published by the Hans Böckler Foundation, calculates that in order to comply with the Nursing Staff Lower Limits Ordinance alone, the number of full-time positions would have to rise from 28,000 (as of 2020) to 50,800. If the

A new report from the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions reveals that central public administrations in most European countries are experiencing processes of profound reform and transformation. Some longer term reforms have been intended to achieve a clear citizen or customer orientation in the provision of services, greater efficiency in their delivery and increased quality. These have often involved privatisation, liberalisation and outsourcing. Apart from these structural reforms, the crisis has led to strategies primarily based on cost-cutting and cost