2013-12-4

Jan. 06, 2014

EPSU demands US energy company FirstEnergy to end lock-out and return to negotiations

Lock out enters sixth week Update FirstEnergy and Penelec Continue Lockout despite Dangerous Winter Storm For immediate release: January 3, 2014 For more information contact: Robert Whalen, President, UWUA

Dec. 04, 2013

Executive agrees on major policy issues for Congress and sees candidates for new leadership team

(4 December 2013) Eighty members and observers of the EPSU Executive Committee from 28 countries met in Brussels last week and took further steps on the road to the federation's

Dec. 02, 2013

Financial & Economic Crisis and Austerity Measures - Impacts on Health Care Systems, the Health Workforce and Patients

(Brussels, 25 November 2013) The paper describes the impact of the financial and economic crisis, as well as austerity measures on the health care systems, the health workforce and patients

Nov. 27, 2013

Grey economy and tax planning - STTK conference

Speech given by Bernadette Ségol, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) STTK's International Conference on grey economy and tax planning Helsinki, 31 October 2013 Mrs

Nov. 27, 2013

Romanian Health sector in crisis - general strike on 28 November

(26 November 2013) EPSU and its Executive Committee members send their solidarity greetings to Sanitas and the other health trade unions that are supporting the warning strike on 25 November

Nov. 27, 2013

EPSU Executive Committee: solidarity with actions in Portugal

(27 November) The EPSU Executive committee discussed the situation in Portugal at its meeting on 26 November. The committee expressed its solidarity with STAL and the other trade unions of

Nov. 26, 2013

EPSU Position Paper on the Social Investment Package

(Brussels, 28 November 2013) Following the Executive Committee of 26 and 27 November 2013, we issue an “EPSU Position on the Social Investment Package (SIP)”, finalised already in August. The

Nov. 26, 2013

Open letter: support for innovative non-profit partnerships in the water sector in ACP countries

(26 November 2013) EPSU, PSI and several NGOs have written to Andris Piebalgs (EU Commissioner for Development) to express concern about the future of EU support for non-profit partnership projects

Nov. 26, 2013

Stop the Corporate Giveaway! A transatlantic plea for sanity in the EU–Canada CETA negotiations

On 18 October 2013 European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper announced the conclusion of the negotiations on a European Union – Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

Nov. 20, 2013

Bulgarian unions push for change

(20 November 2013) EPSU sends its solidarity greetings to the trade unions in Bulgaria who are calling for action on social issues and labour rights. As the Bulgarian government drafts

Nov. 20, 2013

EPSU Key Issues & Discussion Paper on Qualifications, Skills and Competences and Labour Market Needs and Policies

(Brussels, 15 October 2013/2 December 2013) EPSU Key Issues Paper entitled "Current developments in the health care sector, in the labour market for the health professions and in respect of

Nov. 19, 2013

Employments shifts in the EU energy sector towards 2050 discussed by electricity social partners

(19 November 2013) The European social partners for the electricity industry discussed a range of issues in the last meeting of the sectoral social dialogue committee: {{Employment implications of Energy