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Slovenia
Health and social care unions plan strike action
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Sweden
Survey reveals better pay and conditions in public elderly care
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Ukraine
Negotiations underway on collective agreement in health sector
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Germany
Negotiations in social care and early years education to resume
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Italy
Federation sets out proposals on health sector staffing
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Netherlands
Hospital agreement gets partial support
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Ireland
Hospital pharmacists to strike over pay structure
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U.K.
Public sector workers balloted over industrial action
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Portugal
Water company unions target government in pay campaign
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Switzerland
Union legal case delivers for live-in care workers
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Austria
Union calls for recognition of hospital workers’ sacrifice in pandemic
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Spain
Unions confirm timetable for public sector negotiations
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Collective Bargaining news is EPSU’s newsletter covering developments in collective bargaining and pay and conditions in the public services across Europe. As well as general editions, EPSU also produces some special issues focusing on key topics such as minimum wages, trade union rights, pensions and economic governance. Further special issues are planned for the future. Please send us short updates on collective bargaining in your country so that we can improve the coverage of the newsletter. You can send them to [email protected].
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Ireland
COVID bonus and reduced working hours
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Germany
Union secures new agreement covering midwives
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U.K.
Pay victory for waste workers as other disputes continue
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Spain
Federation mobilises over pay and state sector agreement
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Norway
Union welcomes draft law on full-time work
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France
Health and social care workers take action and energy workers plan strike
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Europe
ETUC highlights limitations of pay transparency directive
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Austria
Unions in joint call for action on childcare staffing
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Finland
Public service unions set out key demands
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Netherlands
Library workers vote on new agreement
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Belgium
Confederations launch petition on pay
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Greece
Confederation calls national action day on health
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Netherlands
Pay rises of up to 9% for mental health workers and other news
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Czech Republic
Civil service union reacts angrily to pay freeze
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U.K.
Unions pushing for pay rises for drivers in waste sector
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Poland
Municipal workers call for pay increase
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Italy
Unions sign agreements in non-profit health and social care and security and defence
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Austria
Pay rise for childcare workers as health and social care staff get 37-hour week
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Norway
Special agreement covers overtime and pay for municipal workers
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Germany
First of two increases in national minimum wage for 2022
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Spain
Union concern over delay in telework agreement
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Sweden
Municipal workers get improved job security, transition and pension arrangements
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Portugal
Unions maintain their campaign over pay and collective agreement
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Israel
Court rules against university’s anti-union actions
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Italy
New agreements in central government and for private doctors
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Spain
Unions unite in calls for more health staff
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Europe
European Institutions : pay and pensions rise by 1.9 % net
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Europe
ETUC exposes wage/productivity gap
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Slovak Republic
Pay rise and extra leave for public sector workers
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Europe
ETUC welcomes draft directive on platform work
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U.K.
Many care workers in Wales could see pay rise by 11%
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Denmark
Compensation payments expose high risk working environment
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Finland
Union survey reveals extent of staffing problem in childcare
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Ireland
Union says childcare staffing crisis driven by low pay not lack of qualified staff
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Kosovo
Health union suspends strike action
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France
Unions react angrily to another pay freeze for public sector workers
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Lithuania
Health unions negotiate collective agreement with major boost to pay
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Slovenia
Pay rises for many health and social care workers but negotiations to continue
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Germany
Pay rise and lump sum for regional government workers
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Austria
Public sector deal delivers 3% average pay rise
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Italy
Confederations plan national strike over government policy
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Spain
Unions agree equality plan with Red Cross
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Finland
Two-week strike stops threat to pay and conditions
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Europe
ETUC highlights data showing increase in wage gap
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Netherlands
Youth workers take second day of strike action
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Europe
Report tracks latest minimum wage trends
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Sweden
Joint review underlines value of crisis agreement
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Norway
Care workers are employees – final court victory
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Lithuania
Collective agreements updated covering social services and public services
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Italy
Waste sector unions to take further action
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Finland
Strike action in municipal company to defend collective agreement
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Kosovo
Health union organises strike action to get negotiations
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Belgium
Confederations mobilise over pay, negotiations and trade union rights
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Germany
Coalition agreement includes some positive plans on bargaining and union rights
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Spain
Strike in justice ministry over pay levels
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Netherlands
Union members vote on municipal agreement
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Slovak Republic
Nothing in budget for health and public services workers
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Europe
ETUC welcomes progress on minimum wage directive
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Austria
Health and social care unions launch campaign for more funding
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Denmark
Union calls for more full-time working in eldercare
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Slovak Republic
Confederation organises protest to support public service pay claim
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Germany
Union launches warning strikes and protests to boost bargaining position
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Europe
ETUC highlights impact of higher minimum wages on gender pay gap
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Ireland
Unions unite in pay claim for care and community workers
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Italy
Unions celebrate massive turnout for waste sector strike
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Belgium
Confederation launches appeal to defend the right to strike
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Kosovo
Health union stages protest over 2022 budget
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Spain
National mobilisation over public sector pay, jobs and spending
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Portugal
Strike action over public sector pay and jobs on 12 November
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U.K.
Waste and cleansing workers take action
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Netherlands
Health workers plan third day of industrial action
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Austria
Unions unite in protests over crisis in health service
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Netherlands
Unions step up action in university medical centres
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Switzerland
Health unions mobilise over pay, jobs and funding
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Italy
Federations plan for national strike in waste services
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Norway
Culture workers’ strike secures pension improvements
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Spain
Culture workers take action over grading and recruitment
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Germany
Union calls for collective agreement for parliament’s drivers
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Ireland
Increased funding should lead to pay boost for childcare workers
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Bulgaria
Confederation sets out 22 demands for economic and social measures
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Czech Republic
Civil service unions sign new collective agreement
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Sweden
Report highlights key lessons from pandemic for healthcare
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Europe
Report underlines role of social dialogue in digitalisation at work
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U.K.
Municipal workers set to strike across Scotland
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Austria
Childcare workers get their message across
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Germany
Strike secures staffing, working time and training improvements
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Portugal
Government pay offer below trade union demands
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Italy
Federations mobilise workers in justice ministry
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Netherlands
Union unhappy with final pay offer
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Finland
Union aiming for pay increases for all and action on the pay gap
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Ukraine
Unions keep up campaign against labour reforms
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Norway
Pay rise for childcare staff as culture workers continue strike over pensions
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Spain
Public service federations reject pay offer and call for proper negotiations
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Sweden
Reports underline importance of worker involvement in digitalisation
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France
Unions mobilise psychologists over pay, jobs and contracts
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Global
Important minimum wage research behind Nobel prize award
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Netherlands
Medical centre staff on strike over pay and workloads
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Italy
Federations look for guarantees for smart workers
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Austria
Unions call for pay negotiations to begin
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Europe
ETUC highlights impact of energy price rises on low paid
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Germany
Survey exposes scale of staffing challenge in early years education
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U.K.
Health workers reject 3% pay offer
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Europe
Federations debate trade union rights in public services
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Ireland
Health unions call for talks on COVID bonus following court ruling
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Europe
ETUC welcomes European Parliament report on rights of platform workers
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Belgium
Confederation calls for change to negotiating rules
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France
Unions in public and private sectors set to mobilise on 5 October
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Denmark
Government intervenes to end nurses’ strike
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Netherlands
Childcare workers continue strike campaign
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Ukraine
EPSU joins call to halt labour reform process
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Türkiye
Confederation organises strike protest over collective agreement
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Austria
Union keeps up pressure for Corona bonus for care staff
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Kyrgyzstan
Trade union movement welcomes veto of labour reforms
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Italy
Unions set to mobilise in waste sector
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Germany
Union welcomes strike ruling and calls for negotiations
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Ireland
Long-running pay dispute near to resolution
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Finland
Survey reveals members’ bargaining preferences
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Spain
Main federations call for public sector negotiations
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Europe
Trade unions can deliver on right to disconnect
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Switzerland
Union strike bus continues its tour
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Iceland
Survey reveals positive impact of shorter working week
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U.K.
Large backing for four-day week across Scottish government
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Russia
Confederation stresses need to maintain pay for four-day week
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Georgia
Action by waste workers secures better pay and conditions
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Spain
Union signs right to disconnect agreement with health company
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Netherlands
Network energy company workers to get 2% pay increase
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Denmark
Nurses’ union steps up strike action
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Europe
Commission publishes report on key working conditions directive
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Hungary
Government attack on the right to strike
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Switzerland
Union sets off on strike bus to mobilise health workers
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Türkiye
Confederation sets off on long march to highlight bargaining demands
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Germany
Strike planned for Berlin hospitals
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Türkiye
Confederation sets out main bargaining demands
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U.K.
Union anger over inadequate pay offers
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Europe
Millions of low paid workers miss out on holidays
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Hungary
Health workers’ protest while utility workers get 15% pay rise
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Europe
Right to strike – new country factsheets published
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Ireland
Industrial action possible in education and social care
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Germany
Union prepares for negotiations in private ambulance service
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Portugal
Municipal service companies pose different challenges for unions
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Italy
Union calls for more firefighters and better conditions
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Europe
Commission study reveals impact of pandemic
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Europe
Health and social care feature in report on labour shortages
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Austria
Union puts four-day week on collective bargaining agenda