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.
23 June is a day of celebration. Every year the work of public service workers for the community is celebrated on this day. With the ongoing pandemic, we thank public service workers for keeping our societies going during a very difficult period.
Statement signed by ETUC and 50+ Civil Society Organisations
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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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.
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
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
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.
