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Jul. 20, 2004

EPSU responds negatively to PPP Green Paper Consultation

EPSU's initial response to the Green Paper on PPPs is critical of the Commisison's narrow focus for the consultation excercise.

Sep. 02, 2005

McCreevy urged to correct European Commission pro-PPP bias

EPSU today urged European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Charlie McCreevy to take concrete measures to correct the 'pro-Public Private Partnership (PPP)' bias in the European Commission.

Jul. 09, 2006

EPSU-ETUI recruitment and organisation seminar, January 2006

Trade union membership is dropping in many countries in Europe. Union density is sometimes very low. EPSU and ETUI-Education organised a seminar to consider the problems facing unions recruiting new

Jul. 09, 2007

EPSU-ETUI recruitment and organisation seminar, January 2007

(30 January 2007) Leaders from health care, local and central government, municipal services, water and energy (electricity and gas) trade unions met to share experience on recruitment and organizing. The

Nov. 26, 2008

Public-Private Partnerships Summary paper and reports on PPPs

A report commissioned by the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU). This paper is a summary of three reports commissioned by the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) dealing with the subject of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in Europe.

Jan. 27, 2010

EPSU-ETUI recruitment and organisation seminar, January 2010

(27 January 2010) Representatives of seven trade union organisations from Belgium, Norway, Sweden and the UK came together on 25-27 January to debate and exchange ideas on recruitment and organisation

Mar. 22, 2010

Public rescue for more failed private finance institutions - a critique of the EC green paper on PPPs

A new report by the Public Service International Research Unit cautions the European Commission against enthusiastically endorsing public-private partnerships, contending that PPPs, as they are known, do not supplement public spending – they absorb it.

Jul. 09, 2010

EIRO report: Trade union strategies to recruit new groups of workers, June 2010

This report by the EIRO industrial relations observatory examines trends in trade union membership across Europe and provides an overview of some of the initiatives to try to increase recruitment

Dec. 01, 2011

EPSU briefing "10 facts about public-private partnerships (PPPs)"

a briefing from the Public Services Internal Research Unit (PSIRU) on the problems that PPPs can cause. We hope that this is useful to you in the upcoming discussions on the European Commission’s (EC) legislative proposal regarding concessions, expected soon. This is likely to cover many forms of PPPs.

May. 18, 2012

UK: remunicipalising transport PPPs

Trade unions have been campaigning for many years against the use of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) by the government, under the private finance initiative (PFI).

Oct. 30, 2012

Canadian guide on PPPs

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) published in June 2012 a guide for municipalities considering P3s

Mar. 10, 2014

Pushing recruitment and organising up the agenda

{{(5-6 March 2014) Building strong and effective trade unions was at the centre of the debate at a meeting on organising and recruitment hosted by the Swedish affiliates in EPSU

May. 21, 2014

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Why we need public spending

This paper aims to explain why public spending, in particular on public services, is economically and socially vital. It is not an economic liability – rising public spending has been part of economic growth for over 100 years.

Nov. 17, 2014

Recruiting and organising in social services in South East Europe (3 days)

Joint EPSU - ETUI Course 27-29 January 2015, Zagreb - see full details here

Dec. 15, 2014

Report challenges assumptions on private sector efficiency

There is no empirical evidence that the private sector is intrinsically more efficient than the public sector. This is the main conclusion from a comprehensive review of hundreds of studies covering all forms of privatisation across many different sectors.