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IN THIS ISSUESpain: Unions call on government to start negotiationsItaly: Unions sign new agreement with Red CrossGermany: Latest on key negotiationsFinland: 23-month agreement in local government finally agreedEurope: Commission launches next minimum wage consultationSweden: Union warns of persistent lack of safety equipment in eldercareAustria: Union criticises government's care training proposalSweden: Confederations attack labour law proposalsCroatia: Public sector pay rises postponedNetherlands: Unions agree protective equipment guidance in care homes and home careUK: Health unions ensure

IN THIS ISSUEItaly: Unions set to strike in private healthSpain: Unions call for negotiations in public healthNetherlands: Care personnel workers still not protectedIreland: Union demands full transparency on health worker infectionsPortugal: Union signs deal with waste company on safety and COVID-19 bonusBelgium: Health unions issue strike threatAustria: Public healthcare unions call for urgent negotiations on trainingGermany: Union welcomes parliament decision on elder care bonusDenmark: Union pressure leads to action on protective equipment and testingNorway: Public service union sets out

IN THIS ISSUE:Spain: Federations call for action on staffing and pay in the elder care sectorGermany: Photo action highlights call for better pay and conditions for care workersNetherlands: Union focuses on care staff risks and confirms social work agreementSweden: Union refers agency to ombudsman over COVID-19 failuresItaly: Confederations criticise failure to support health staffAustria: Unions call for national rules for childcareCzech Republic: Unions call for wider payment of COVID-19 bonusesUK: Care workers to get £500 bonusCroatia: Unions reject government’s plan to block pay

IN THIS ISSUEAustria: Pay and hours deal in private health and social careSweden: Health workers benefit from crisis agreementHungary: EPSU protests against attack on culture workers' pay and conditionsDenmark: Union welcomes recognition of COVID-19 as occupational diseaseRussia: Pay and tax measures to benefit health workersPoland: EPSU protests over threat to civil service pay and jobsFinland: Agreement in state sector as local government negotiations continueItaly: Union launches online psychological support for health workersSpain: Unions raise key issues for return to work in public

IN THIS ISSUEBelgium: Strike action over staffing levels at Orpea eldercare homeAustria: Health unions keep up the pressure for a 35-hour weekFinland: Health unions aim for 10-year plan to boost salariesIreland: Home care workers get pay restoration but other workers continue campaignPortugal: Public sector unions plan strike action on 20 MarchUK: Agreement on pay and staffing in Northern IrelandEurope: ETUC reveals decline in collective bargainingDenmark: Union calls for overhaul of eldercare staffing requirementsSwitzerland: Union calls for proper regulation of childcare facilitiesEurope

IN THIS ISSUEGermany: Strikes and solidarity push health company to negotiateAustria: Further warning strikes in private health sectorFrance: Health and social service unions mobilise on 14 FebruaryIreland: Long-running disputes in community services continueUK: Local government unions reject pay offerItaly: Unions launch joint platform of claims in health and local governmentNorth Macedonia: Major breakthrough with first collective agreement in 25 yearsCroatia: Nursing organisations call for action on jobs, staffing and trainingSpain: Care worker trade unions plan action in MarchNetherlands

IN THIS ISSUEUkraine: Labour movement builds "wave of anger"Germany: Health workers strike despite intimidationEurope: ETUC stresses need for action on minimum wagesIceland: Public sector unions call on state and local government to negotiateItaly: Employers threaten progress in private health negotiationsAustria: Unions in private health plan protests before next negotiationsNetherlands: Workers in disabled care see work-life balance improvementsGermany: Major boost for care sector payPortugal: Protests and strike action over public sector pay

IN THIS ISSUEEurope: European Commission launches fair wage consultationUkraine: International support for campaign against labour reformsHungary: Union action on pay on day of cultureGermany: Union makes major breakthrough on nurse staffingPortugal: Unions to take action on payIreland: School secretaries suspend industrial action to return to talksUK: Northern Irish health workers suspend action to ballot over offerNetherlands: Disappointing start to negotiations for maternity nursesItaly: Unions make progress in private health negotiationsSpain: Unions welcome implementation of pay

IN THIS ISSUEUkraine: Protests mount over labour law reformsIreland: School secretaries take further industrial actionNorway: Care workers win important legal victoryNetherlands: Union hotline exposes poor conditions for care traineesGermany: Progress towards eldercare sector agreementSwitzerland: Working time success in health and social careFinland: Technology sector agreement sets pace for bargaining roundEurope: Pay system delivers 2% pay increase for EU officialsCzech Republic: Health ministry given the facts about staffing crisisFrance: Unions continue to mobilise against pension

IN THIS ISSUENetherlands: Action delivers for hospital workersUK: Health unions strike over pay and staffingFrance: Health unions continue action over pay and fundingBelgium: Prison staff take action over staffing and overcrowdingFinland: Strike action protects pay and conditions at municipal companyAustria: Childcare assistants to get 3% pay increasePortugal: Waste workers take action on pay and conditionsSweden: Local government union focuses on pay and working timeDenmark: Union sets out plans for private sector bargainingUkraine: Unions mobilise against labour law changesItaly: Public

IN THIS ISSUE: Romania: Health union achieves major victory with sector collective agreementUkraine: Nuclear energy union set up for lengthy protestBulgaria: Protest over sick leave and social workers strike over payFrance: Massive mobilisation against planned pension reformsUK: Health unions take action on pay and staffingAustria: Health unions target 35-hour weekNetherlands: Pay rise in care sector confirmedItaly: Negotiations in private health sector continueSweden: Local government unions negotiate new agreement on skills and trainingDenmark: New research underlines need for structural

IN THIS ISSUESpain: Care workers fight for better conditions and servicesNetherlands: Overwhelming support builds for hospital strikeUK: Unions call for 10% pay rise for local government workersAustria: Workloads feature in public sector negotiationsNorway: Unions secure pensions and pay improvements for health workersGermany: Union condemns health company's anti-strike actionsFrance: Health, social care and finance ministry workers take actionUkraine: Thousands protest over education spending and workers' paySpain: Health union mobilises for action on pay systemEurope: ETUC highlights