Public Services
Promoting and protecting public services in Europe
EPSU wants to see a European Union that recognizes and supports the role of public services in contributing to sustainable development and quality of life. In an increasingly integrated Europe it is important to tackle issues such as tax dumping and cut-throat competition, which put pressure on public services and concentrate increasing amounts of wealth in fewer and fewer hands. Fair and progressive taxation, good governance and effective regulation are needed to guarantee quality public services for all.
Statement signed by ETUC and 50+ Civil Society Organisations
Civil society and trade unions call for a Europe that cares
A large group of European organisations came together ahead of the European Council video conference on 23rd April, to demand an alternative vision for Europe following the COVID-19 crisis.
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COVID-19: Principles for Global Access, Innovation and Cooperation
EPSU has signed a statement coordinated by Public Citizen which outlines a number of principles to guide the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with one unifying goal: making drugs affordable and accessible for all.
Unions and Civil Society Organisations’ Statement calling for public health to be prioritised over profits
EPSU has co-signed a Civil Society Organisations’ statement addressed to the European Commission and MEPs which highlights the need for an all-encompassing public health response from the European Union and national governments to the COVID-19 crisis.
ETUC Confederal Secretary I. Schömann, IndustriAll-Europe General Secretary L. Triangle, Commissioner T. Breton and EPSU General Secretary, 10 February 2020, Brussels
Industrial Policy needs Quality Public Services to succeed
The European Commission is preparing its Industrial Policy. It needs to have a substantial social pillar and involve the trade unions.
left to right: Oliver Prausmueller, expert on trade issues at the Chamber of Labour Vienna (AK), Scott Sinclair, Director of the Trade and Investment Project, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Penny Clarke, Deputy General Secretary EPSU
Next generation trade and investment agreements: challenges for public services
We should aim for “private sufficiency and public luxury”. These were opening remarks at the EPSU workshop on public services and trade, organised jointly with AK EUROPA, ÖGB Europabüro and ETUC on 19 November 2019 in Brussels.
EPSU: defending and promoting public services and public service workers - 9th Congress briefing
Campaigning for the right to water, negotiating on information and consultation rights for central government workers, lobbying for tougher action on tax avoidance and fraud, standing up to multina
EPSU North East European Constituency meeting in Tallinn, 28-29 August 2019
EPSU’s North East European Constituency discussed public debt, equality, youth work and more
Public debt crises happen more often than we think and including in developed countries. It means that a government can no longer service its debt payments.
Public Services unions in Inter-Americas speaking out against corporate power – a complete transformation needed
Attacks on trade union rights, the growth of corporate power and capture of the state by these companies and the impact of privatisation were among the themes discussed at the regional conference for the InterAmericas of PSI.
Delegates at EPSU Congress June 2019, Dublin
UN Public Service Day - 23 June – celebrating public service workers
EPSU has used the occasion of the annual public service day to highlight the work of public service workers to new members of the European Parliament.