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TPVH 3rd Negotiations meeting, 29 April 2024 Brussels Belgium

TPVH 3rd Negotiations meeting, 29 April 2024

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Mar. 06, 2024

EPSU Standing Committee on Health & Social Services, 28 February 2024

EPSU Standing Committee on Health and Social Services discusses labour shortages, demonstrations in Brussels, organizing and climate change

After a review of the alarming situation of trade unions in Turkey one year after the earthquake, the 60th Standing Committee discussed strategies to address staff shortages, greening healthcare sector, and its priorities for this year.

Jun. 01, 2023

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New ETUI publication - Beyond economic growth: The role of trade unions in the transition to well-being

A further contribution to the ‘beyond growth’ or ‘post-growth’ debates, the recent ETUI working paper sets out the case against the pursuit of undifferentiated economic growth and advocates substantial changes to European economies.

Aug. 02, 2022

BeWell

EPSU joins major European project on health workers’ skills

Ensuring training provision for health workers meets current and future demands is a major issue and EPSU is pleased to be involved with a new European Union-funded project that will attempt to address this challenge.

Apr. 28, 2021

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NEA and LRG Statement: Art and culture workers are essential to a fairer society

Arts and culture are amongst the sectors worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, pushing many workers from precarity to poverty and putting in jeopardy the future development of many cities.

Feb. 01, 2021

EPSU-PSI joint policy staff meeting January 2021

EPSU and PSI policy staff meet to discuss priorities and the year ahead

We met to consider the major issues for 2021 and coordinate our work.

Apr. 14, 2020

Solidarity

Hungary: EPSU backs culture workers in protest against ending public service status

EPSU has today sent a letter to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Minister for Human Resources, Miklós Kásler, to protest over government plans to change the legal status of culture workers – those working in museums, libraries, archives and public cultural institutes.

Jan. 29, 2020

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Outcomes of EC-funded social dialogue project on digitalisation and work/life balance 2018-2019

The Social Dialogue Committee for central/federal governments approved the checklist of dos and don’ts on digitalisation and work/life balance, the key outcome of a two-year EC funded project.

Nov. 28, 2019

19 November, the Social Dialogue Committee for central and federal government administration -SDC CGA- met in Brussels [photo FPCGILInternational]

Central government social partners meet in Brussels

On 19th November, the Social Dialogue Committee for central and federal government administration -SDC CGA- met in Brussels to discuss the implications of the recent EPSU Vs European Commission court ruling, and to formally adopt a new joint checklist of dos and don’ts on digitalisation and work-life balance, amongst other things.

Sep. 26, 2019

EPSU Congress June 2019 Programme of Action leaflet

EPSU Congress : Programme of Action

This programme of action highlights the main priorities for EPSU over the next Congress period and is set out on the basis of three main themes

May. 07, 2019

non-profit demo 7 May Brussels (health, care and culture workers)

EPSU supports Belgian affiliates in health, care and culture – Investment in staff and quality care

From all corners of Belgium, workers in health, care and culture came to Brussels to demand more investment in an increasingly more complex sector.

Dec. 05, 2018

Courageous and immediate policy action needed to reduce health impacts of climate change

New research published in "The Lancet" ahead of the COP24 shows that emissions, climate change and rising temperatures are already exposing people around the globe to unacceptably high health risks.

Sep. 03, 2018

health workers in hospital

Health union makes breakthrough on jobs and workloads

At the end of last week, health service union ver.di secured an agreement on jobs, workloads and training at university hospitals in Düsseldorf and Essen in the North-Rhine Westfalia region of Germany.

Dec. 19, 2017

PUBLIC SERVICES CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION COVER

EPSU feature on adaptation to climate change

The heatwaves and droughts, storms and flooding that have hit Europe and other parts of the world this summer have left no doubt about the devastating consequences of extreme weather events linked to climate change.