Gas, Transparency & Corruption

Last week, the European Social Partners in the gas sector held a joint webinar, hosted by MEPs Agnes Jongerius (S&D) and Dennis Radtke (EPP), on the transition to climate neutrality and the need to ensure that is just for the workers in the gas sector.

EPSU has signed an open letter to the upcoming Portuguese EU Council Presidency on corporate influence and transparency.

Together with 90 other organisations EPSU highlighted the conflict of interest in the awarding of a public policy contract to BlackRock Investment Management in April this year.

Press Release - Today the European trade union federations, EPSU and industriAll, and the industry association Eurogas, adopted a common position on the Just Transition in the Green Deal.

A group of private water operators tried to block the discussion of the report on “The Privatisation of Water and Sanitation Services” of the United Nations (U.N.). 150 organisations including EPSU and PSI intervened to keep it on the agenda.

A group of organisations have sent a letter to European Commission President von der Leyen, Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Vice-President Jourová, and Commissioner-designate McGuinness to urge them to address the matter of “revolving doors”

In an open letter, which has received the support of 600 organisations from more than 90 countries plus European and international organisations, EPSU calls on governments and the EU to take action to prevent the wave of ISDS cases that put at risk an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Defenders of the public interest are often confronted with socalled gag lawsuits.

EPSU and several other trade unions and organisations have sent an open letter to the Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, Croatian MEPs and the Croatian Permanent Representation to the EU

As Charles Michel prepares to take office as President of the European Council, the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) has sent him an open letter outlining ten crucial challenges that he must address during his term, relating to the rule of law and transparency.

On 28 October 2019, The European trade union federations, EPSU and IndustriAll-Europe, and the industry association Eurogas, restarted their European Social Dialogue in the gas sector, which has been dormant since 2012.

Today the European trade union federations, industriAll European Trade Union and EPSU, and the industry association Eurogas, restarted their European Social Dialogue in the gas sector

On 2 October, EPSU held its biannual Standing Committee (SC) on Utilities which drew together EPSU affiliates from across the continent, including representatives from Russia.

This week the Right to Energy coalition organised an European event with over 100 participants from 20 countries and several European organisations.

Workers exposing breaches or abuses of EU law will be protected from retaliation from their employers across the EU.