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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].

  • Europe

    Public service developments covered in bargaining newsletter

  • Germany

    Union continues campaign over staffing levels

  • Spain

    Workers in overseas services take strike action

  • Norway

    Nurses' union secures agreement after long running strike

  • U.K.

    Survey exposes pressure faced by care workers

  • Belgium

    Public service union stages anti-austerity strike

  • Austria

    Union hands in petition on pay and conditions of childcare workers

  • Denmark

    Union to call for flat-rate pay rise and action on training

  • Italy

    Firefighters mobilise over pay, pensions and funding

  • Finland

    Union aims for flat-rate pay claim in bargaining round

  • Ireland

    Union puts forwards measures on gender equality

  • Portugal

    Strike action in public services

  • Netherlands

    Action by careworkers secures extra staff

  • France

    Public sector unions' joint action mobilises hundreds of thousands

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  • Europe

    ETUC welcomes written statement consultation

  • France

    Public service unions unite for day of action

  • Netherlands

    Union sets deadline for government response on ambulance service

  • U.K.

    Health unions unite with pay claim directed at government

  • Romania

    Health union checks member support for strike action

  • Switzerland

    Union action preserves right to strike for care workers

  • Portugal

    Unions set out key collective bargaining demands

  • Denmark

    Members provide input in advance of collective bargaining round

  • Finland

    Union gears up for bargaining round

  • Ireland

    Majority of unions back public sector agreement

  • Spain

    Unions look for better offer on pay and hours

  • Czech Republic

    Union pay campaign calls for further increases

  • Ukraine

    Major protest by health union over pay and healthcare provision

  • Germany

    Strikes and protests over staffing levels

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  • France

    Unions strike over Veolia's plans for job cuts

  • Italy

    Healthcare negotiations get underway

  • Netherlands

    Call for less flexibility and more permanent contracts for childcare workers

  • Austria

    Unions and employers focus on funding for care sector

  • Europe

    ETUC highlights falling wage share and rising profits

  • Norway

    Nurses' strike passes 100-day mark

  • Russia

    Union calls for more funding to boost health workers' pay

  • U.K.

    Unions maintain pressure to end pay cap for all public service workers

  • Europe

    Semester analysis shows pressure for reform of collective bargaining

  • Europe

    More collective bargaining news from across Europe

  • Germany

    Health workers in hand cleaning work-to-rule

  • Denmark

    Unions call for government action to close gender pay gap

  • Czech Republic

    Government confirms public sector pay rise in face of strike threat

  • Spain

    Overseas development staff take strike action

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  • Europe

    Report warns of wage stagnation across Europe

  • Switzerland

    Campaign launched against threat to right to strike

  • Sweden

    Union declares dispute over personal assistants' pay

  • France

    Trade unions react to labour code proposals

  • Europe

    ETUC wants action on social dumping

  • Czech Republic

    Unions call on government to confirm 10% pay rise

  • Norway

    Cancer nurses continue their strike

  • Finland

    Municipal unions call for significant pay increase

  • Netherlands

    Some progress for care workers

  • Bulgaria

    Croatia

    Czech Republic

    Estonia

    Hungary

    Latvia

    Lithuania

    Poland

    Romania

    Slovak Republic

    Slovenia

    East-West pay convergence stalls

  • Spain

    Unions target €1000 minimum wage

  • Ukraine

    Health workers to protest over pay and funding

  • Austria

    Union campaigns to protect new employees

  • Germany

    Union secures wide-ranging agreement with energy company

  • U.K.

    Pay protest across civil service

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  • Austria

    Union campaigns against push for longer working day

  • Portugal

    Solid support for waste workers' strike

  • Spain

    Union report highlights gender pay and jobs gap in health

  • Ireland

    Call for boost to childcare funding and better pay for workers

  • U.K.

    Unions celebrate two more victories in the courts

  • Germany

    Survey finds average collectively agreed working week is 37.7 hours

  • Italy

    Timetable set for negotiations on firefighters' pay and conditions

  • Denmark

    Labour Inspectorate exposes poor working environment in hospitals

  • Switzerland

    Unions call for general wage increase as court endorses minimum wage

  • Germany

    Hospital workers in action day over staff shortages

  • U.K.

    Cleaners, janitors, waste workers and civil servants take strike action

  • Finland

    Unions criticise working time law proposals

  • Austria

    Union launches petition for childcare workers

  • Netherlands

    Care workers take action over workloads and jobs

  • Norway

    Unions join demonstration in support of striking nurses

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  • Spain

    Union attacks government challenge to 35-hour week in Andalucia

  • Europe

    Latest employment analysis from the European Commission

  • Poland

    Healthworkers protest over pay

  • Cyprus

    Bankworkers strike over recruitment policy

  • France

    Unions reject another year of pay freeze

  • Europe

    Commission launches consultation on carcinogens

  • U.K.

    Striking cleaners take protests to investors

  • Europe

    Annual survey of collective bargaining

  • Ireland

    Report reveals extent of low pay in childcare sector

  • Denmark

    Union calls for substantial pay boost to reduce the gender pay gap

  • Europe

    ETUC pay rise campaign news

  • Finland

    Unions express concern over government's working time initiative

  • Austria

    Agreement protects healthworkers' pay and conditions

  • Netherlands

    Union raises urgent demand for more prison staff

  • Germany

    Union targets hospitals in negotiations to reduce workloads

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  • France

    Unions strike over job cuts

  • Netherlands

    Firefighters' unions secure wage and pension deal

  • Europe

    Survey reveals trends in collective bargaining

  • Europe

    Collective bargaining developments from around Europe

  • Estonia

    Energy union defends collective agreement and wins pay increase

  • Czech Republic

    State sector union calls for 10% pay rise

  • Greece

    Strike in local government to defend contract workers

  • Sweden

    Union negotiates 12 agreements with municipal company organisation

  • Latvia

    Health unions take action on pay and jobs

  • Germany

    New study shows health risks faced by care workers

  • U.K.

    Unions continue campaign against public sector pay cap

  • Norway

    Cancer society nurses continue strike action

  • Slovenia

    Public sector unions set up strike committee

  • Spain

    Unions continue their demonstrations over pay and jobs

  • Italy

    Federations mobilise over employment centres

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  • Switzerland

    Union calls for end to internships in childcare

  • Sweden

    Union negotiates five agreements in municipal sector

  • France

    Confederations express concern over labour law proposals

  • Europe

    Federation attacks Commission threat to right to strike

  • Denmark

    Union conference to discuss jobs and change in library sector

  • Europe

    Bank union protests over temporary work and outsourcing

  • Netherlands

    Report reveals worsening labour market trends

  • Slovak Republic

    Public sector pay increase highlighted in ETUC pay rise campaign

  • U.K.

    Rolling strikes over job cuts and dismissals at equality body

  • Greece

    Expert highlights Troika pressure on collective bargaining

  • Norway

    Widespread support for nurses' strike at Cancer Society

  • Italy

    Unions continue campaign for more funding

  • Ireland

    Progress with pay talks

  • Germany

    Union calls for national action on childcare training

  • Spain

    Embassy and other international staff strike for better pay

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  • Europe

    Lithuania

    ETUI update on labour law developments in Lithuania

  • Romania

    Health union continues campaign for pay equity

  • Europe

    G20 countries make commitments on collective bargaining and gender equality

  • Spain

    Unions plan series of actions over pay and collective bargaining

  • Denmark

    Union calls for end to productivity requirement

  • Greece

    General strike against further austerity

  • Netherlands

    Mental health workers to benefit from new agreement on pay and working time

  • U.K.

    Union highlights risk to recruitment from pay restraint

  • Portugal

    Union wants pay levels restored while civil servants take strike action

  • Ireland

    Unions support gender equallity initiative

  • Czech Republic

    Union calls for urgent action on care workers' pay

  • Italy

    Three federations mobilise over provincial and city funding

  • France

    Trade unions set out key concerns to new minister

  • Norway

    Pay rise and pensions strike in childcare sector

  • Germany

    Court victory for privatised workers

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  • Europe

    Unions in care multinational coordinate at European level

  • Europe

    Prison unions debate impact of austerity and quality employment

  • Netherlands

    Patent office conflict heads to court of human rights

  • Portugal

    Union wants to see urgent action on precarious employment

  • Europe

    Report exposes employment deregulation myth

  • Romania

    Air traffic controllers plan warning strike

  • Lithuania

    Unions continue to push for labour code changes

  • Switzerland

    Union calls for legislation to tackle gender inequality across occupations

  • Ireland

    Unions call for negotiations following pay commission report

  • Austria

    Unions unite in national demonstration over care

  • Germany

    Bargaining successes in health and social care

  • Denmark

    Workers and residents affected as more care companies collapse

  • Czech Republic

    Union launches campaign to increase pay in social services

  • Europe

    Report reveals scale of East-West pay gap

  • Italy

    Federations denounce private care agreement with unrepresentative unions

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  • Estonia

    Energy union protests over threat to collective agreements

  • Europe

    New decent work guidelines for multinationals

  • Netherlands

    Hospital employers make unacceptable offer

  • Germany

    New framework agreement at Veolia

  • Italy

    Solid support for social care strike

  • U.K.

    Public service unions highlight loss in purchasing power

  • Switzerland

    Union welcomes new collective agreement in healthcare

  • Austria

    Union calls for minimum staffing levels

  • Sweden

    Main municipal and welfare agreement extended

  • Norway

    Pay deal in public service companies

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  • Kazakhstan

    Union movement calls on EU to speak out on trade union rights

  • Italy

    Unions take strike action in private social care

  • Israel

    Shorter working week negotiated

  • Hungary

    Childcare workers support ETUC pay rise campaign

  • Sweden

    Union turns spotlight on cleaners

  • Netherlands

    Union takes municipalities to task over temporary work

  • Ireland

    Higher pay scales for public sector workers

  • U.K.

    Health unions attack 1% cap on pay increases

  • Cyprus

    Civil service union takes action in news agency

  • Europe

    Update on collective bargaining across Europe

  • Germany

    Negotiating successes for ver.di in health and social care

  • Greece

    Union movement attacks IMF stance on Greece

  • Spain

    Unions sign landmark deal to tackle precarious employment

  • Kosovo

    Health union in protest to support negotiations

  • Iceland

    Shorter weekly hours experiment in public services

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  • Switzerland

    Union network calls for better protection for migrant care workers

  • Netherlands

    Union wants action on precarious work in waste sector

  • Denmark

    Pay deal in private eldercare

  • Ireland

    Unions organise joint protest over pay in community services

  • Europe

    Benchmarking survey covers wage and bargaining trends

  • Belgium

    Joint union protest in non-profit social services

  • France

    Health unions mobilise in anti-austerity protests

  • Finland

    Union calls for additional pay increase for sectors dominated by women

  • Europe

    Collective bargaining news from all sectors around Europe

  • Spain

    Unions present their key demands to the government

  • France

    Energy unions unite in day of action on pay

  • U.K.

    Unions see no relief from public sector pay restraint

  • Italy

    Unions negotiate pay rise for embassy and other international staff

  • Germany

    Energy workers get 2.5% pay rise

  • Croatia

    Cyprus

    Greece

    Hungary

    Italy

    Portugal

    U.K.

    ETUC pay campaign highlights fall in wages

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