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Nov. 03, 2009

Slovakian Gas trade union strikes over outsourcing

(3 November 2009) EPSU affiliated union POZ called for a strike on 2 November in Gas company SPP (partly owned by GdFSuez ..) to protest against the outsourcing of the

May. 29, 2005

OUTSOURCING Consultation

EN - FR - GE - SP - SWE - BG - CZ - HU - RO - SC - {{Draft agreement on outsourcing - Draft code of practice on

Mar. 07, 2006

German unions fight outsourcing in Swedish energy company Vattenfall - Strike action threatened

Press Communication: Brussels Immediate release, 7 March 2006 The European energy sector is in profound turmoil. Already 50 billion Euro's have been squandered on take-overs and mergers, and not returned

Jun. 05, 2015

Culture Workers from Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria in Visegrad say no to TTIP, CETA, TiSA

EPSU Regional Conference for Culture Workers in Hungary

(5 June 2015) EPSU Regional Conference for culture workers in Hungary Visegrad, 2-4 June The culture sector is undergoing painful restructuring. Librarians, museum workers, archivists and musicians discussed the impact

Jan. 21, 2016

"You can not strip us down further ", Culture Workers action, 20 January 2016, Budapest

"You can not strip us down further " say Hungarian Culture Workers fighting for decent pay

Hungarian librarians, museum and other staff have been fighting for a decent increase in their pay. With events and actions in the whole country they draw attention to their situation

Sep. 12, 2006

Outsourcing checklist

Adopted by the Standing Committee on Local and Regional Government, 23 May 2006 -* Excluded services - an agreement on outsourcing could specify services which the employer would be committed

Jun. 14, 2005

EPSU Questionnaire: Outsourcing in the Public Services

Questionnaire FSESP: L'externalisation dans les services publics EPSU Fragebogen: Outsourcing im öffentlichen Dienst Cuestionario de la FSESP: Externalización de los servicios públicos EPSU kartläggning: Outsourcing inom offentliga tjänster {EPSU affiliates

Jul. 12, 2012

UK: the benefits of outsourcing – where's the evidence?

The university sector in the UK, and some universities in particular, are under pressure to cut costs and to outsource services.

Mar. 15, 2006

Outsourcing prevented in Vattenfall Europe (Germany)

(30 March 2006) The German unions including Verdi have reached an agreement which prevents that outsourced companies would not have to apply the collective agreement. The unions organised a number

May. 14, 2006

Out-sourcing a priority issue for European Works Councils, argue coordinators and EWC representatives

(Report of the meeting of 10 May 2006) Many companies in the utilities and other sectors outsource activities in different forms, including off-shoring. European Works Councils are also confronted with

Nov. 22, 2010

Workshop: Trade union strategies on privatisation, outsourcing and defending quality public services

22-23 November 2010, Sesimbra, Portugal

Mar. 07, 2011

Outsourcing

Outsourcing of public services often has more of an impact on the low-paid and predominantly women workers as it is often services like cleaning and catering that are the first

Jun. 19, 2014

Congratulations: More than 367.000 signatures against outsourcing public service jobs in Croatia

(19 June 2014) The Croatian public service unions affiliated to EPSU have been campaigning for 2 weeks to collect more than 367.000 signatures (10% of the voting population) to defeat

Apr. 13, 2015

Hungarian_culture_workers no to TTIP

Hungarian culture workers union KKDSZ says no to #TTIP

The main topic was the dire situation for the workers in the sector at the 11th Congress of the Culture Workers Unions.

Nov. 02, 2018

2018 November epsucob@NEWS 21

Union reveals public-private pay gap in care sector

The Fagforbundet public service union has revealed figures showing that care workers in the private sector in Oslo are between EUR 7000 and EUR 8700 worse off than those in the public sector. A starting salary for a graduate care worker in the public sector is NOK 367000 (EUR 38500), NOK 84000 more than the same worker in the private sector. Those on minimum wages in the sector are EUR 7000 better off if employed by the municipality. Fagforbundet also says that private sector workers are more likely to face heavier workloads as a result of understaffing. Fourteen of the 40 care homes in Oslo

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