Solidarity, Social Dialogue
Supporting campaigns, strikes and protests
Solidarity is a core area of our joint European trade union work There are common elements to many of the actions of public service unions as we fight for better pay and working conditions or when we defend trade union rights or protest against privatisation and attacks on public services. Any expression of solidarity is welcomed by unions and it can be a real boost to their campaign when EPSU, its affiliates and other trade union organisations, not only send messages of support but also messages of protest to companies, employers and governments. This briefing gives examples of our solidarity work in recent years.
Date
Oct. 04, 2007
Sceptisicm over impact of third liberalisation package by social partners
A Commission representative introduced the new package of measures to liberalise Europe's energy markets as published 19 September 2007. Important issues in this package are: ownership unbundling, cooperation of transmission
Oct. 04, 2007
Joint declaration on study on employment effects of the opening of the electricity and gas markets
(December 2007) Eurelectric and the trade unions adopted a joint declaration on the study of the European Commission (and executed by EcoTec) on the employment effects of market opening. The