France
CGT, FO and Solidaires public service unions organised a national day of action calling for pay increases across the public sector. With the index for public service pay frozen, the unions estimate that 5.6 million public sector workers have seen their purchasing power fall by 8%-10%.
Read more at > CGT (FR)
And at > FO Fonctionnaires (FR)
The Fp-Cgil, Cisl-Fp, Uil-Pa and Uil-Fpl federations have come together to organise a national demonstration on 18 October calling for better treatment of workers from the private and non-profit sectors who provide public services. The federations note that often these workers are on poorer pay and conditions with precarious contracts and that the aim is to begin pay and conditions more into line with public sector practice as has been done in the waste sector. Read more at > Fp-Cgil (IT)
Federations from right across the public services will be united in national demonstration in Rome on 8 November over the continuing freeze of collective bargaining and the refusal of the government of any social dialogue about reform of public administration. The federations represent workers in education, health, safety and rescue services, universities, research bodies, public administration, social services and local government. In the lead up to the demonstration all the federations will be active in workplaces building for the march and making the arguments for the funding, training and
