Oct. 18, 2005 International Days for workers, Wroclow Verdi's group for workers (ArbeiterInnen) met with Polish, Austrian and French colleagues in Wroclaw, Poland, 16-17 October 2005. Workers discussed how to resist neo-liberal politics and achieve a more Social
Oct. 18, 2005 Stop the roll back of social rights - 7th FSP (UGT) Congress “The European union is facing a political crisis at a time of many challenges. And this crisis is used to restrict or roll back our social rights” warned EPSU General
Oct. 21, 2005 EWC of EDF adopts critical position on company's proposed industrial policies JOINT STATEMENT OF EDF/EWC PERSONNEL REPRESENTATIVES Joint statement - ENDéclaration commune - FRGEMEINSAME ERKLÄRUNG - DE
Oct. 21, 2005 SUEZ: No delocalisation of jobs but shared services centres affect jobs Suez management made an unprecedented commitment to the European Works Council of Suez: no jobs will be delocalised. This was in response to questions of members of the EWC and
Nov. 15, 2005 Estonia: firefighters protest (16 November 2005) EPSU Estonian affiliates (ROTAL) staged a protest for Estonian average salary to be firefighters minimum wage by 2007.
Nov. 15, 2005 EPSU supports Swedish union action in Veolia A Swedish shop steward had been sacked by Connex, the transport branch of Veolia. He has been sacked for speaking his mind on the health and safety conditions in the
Nov. 17, 2005 Austria: administrative reform in the public sector, more than 15000 jobs threatened (17 November) The Austrian GdG is outraged with the behaviour of public sector employers in the planned administrative reform. Rudolf Hundstorfer calls it an absolute scandal that the employers refuse
Nov. 29, 2005 Job losses in EDF: Unions call for strike action La presse rend publics les objectifs de réduction d'emplois à EDF dans le cadre du plan Altitude 7500 qui accompagne l'ouverture du capital. Le niveau des suppressions est de 6000
Dec. 04, 2005 Bulgarian, Czech and Romanian workers consider EWCs EPSU organised a training session on European Works Councils for representatives of the Bulgarian, Romanian and Czech trade unions in the energy sector. The unions are confronted with transnational companies
Dec. 13, 2005 UK: GMB organises successful strike in British Gas. Engineers stop work - See update 19 December Brian Strutton, GMB National Secretary for British Gas commenting on the strike by gas engineers on Monday 12 December 2005 said "Reports from all around
Dec. 19, 2005 Bureau of EWC Suez suspends meeting due to lack of information The Bureau discussed developments of SITA in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is bidding with another company (Delta) for a waste incinerator (AVR). Realising that it is just a bid
Jan. 01, 2006 Bureau of EWC Suez discusses ethics, company results, health and safety... - A presentation was given of the work on Ethics, Values and the accompanying Action Plan by Gerard Kuster, Director of Business Ethics. Issues such as conflicts of interests, preventing
Jan. 22, 2006 Improve Information and Consultation Rights for EWCs Representatives on EWCs argued that the information and consultation rights in the European Works Council Directive are too weak. Management hardly informs in good time and does not seek the
Jan. 31, 2006 Fonction publique - journée d'action le 2 février La Fédération Syndicale européenne des Services Publics (FSESP), représentant 8 millions de fonctionnaires et d'agents publics en Europe, apporte son soutien à l'appel unitaire des syndicats français de la fonction
Feb. 03, 2006 Small working group of SNB Capio meets, 1 March, Brussels The small working group went over the latest changes as proposed by management in December 2005. The workgroup suggested a small number of amendments on information and consultation, the functioning