Oct. 05, 2009 Blue October – reclaiming public water Across the world organizations are participating in the Blue October week. The water activists stress that water should remain in public hands. The October week is chosen as 31 October
Jan. 07, 2010 Veolia Water company Aquiris pollutes Belgian river Zenne (7 January 2010) Aquiris, a waste water treatment company owned by Veolia Water and responsible for cleaning the waste water of Brussels, stopped treating the waste water of Brussels, 8
Jan. 07, 2010 EPSU contribution to the Regulators Discussion on Smart Meters (7 January 2010) EPSU commented on the Smart Meters 2009 Status Review of the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas. Please find it here: EPSU Comments smart metersFor more
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
Jan. 29, 2010 Europe: Privatised Services Back in Public HandsBy Julio Godoy BERLIN, Jan 28, 2010 (IPS) - After the wave of de-privatisation of water services facilities that started across the world two years ago, municipalities in Europe are now buying back
Feb. 01, 2010 Reclaiming Public Water Network (non-EPSU seminar) The Reclaiming Public Water network is organising a seminar 1-3 February 2010, Brussels. The seminar brings together water activists from Europe as well as many other continents. It assists in
Feb. 03, 2010 Reclaiming Public Water Network considers achievements, struggles and visions from around the world Water activists, social action groups and trade unions from Europe and across the world met to consider the future work to defend and promote public water services.
Mar. 04, 2010 Italian water activists start referendum to oppose privatization of water services (4 March 2010) The Berlusconi government adopted a law which demands of the regional and municipal governments that they reduce their ownership in the water companies. This law is controversial
Mar. 15, 2010 Final EPSU opinion on ERGEG Public Consultation Paper on Smart Grids ERGEg REF: E09-EQS-30-03, 10 December 2009 (March 2010) The European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEg) launched a public consultation on its position paper on Smart Grids, 17 December
Mar. 15, 2010 Report of Reclaiming Public Water Strategy seminar (15 March 2010) The detailed conclusions of the seminar are now available for EPSU affiliated unions here. See also here for a report on the meeting 1-3 February 2010. For
Mar. 22, 2010 PSI on Public Public Partnerships (22 March 2010) On the occasion of World Water Day, Public Services International calls on our affiliated unions in the water and sanitation sector to actively participate in the new
Mar. 23, 2010 Coalition urges Commission to support Public-Public Partnerships more (23 March 2010) On the occasion of World Water Day, a broad global coalition of trade unions, water activists, environmental and social action groups supported the European Commission’s funding for
Mar. 23, 2010 Rally against privatisation of water – Rome, close to 200.000 people (23 March 2010) The Berlusconi government adopted a law to privatise water services by forcing municipal companies to sell their shares. This is not accepted by many Italians and including
Apr. 01, 2010 EPSU opinion on the 10 year Network Development Plan of ENTSO-E (31 March 2010) Key concerns of EPSU are over employment related issues, skills and qualifications and the importance of ensuring that the future development of the networks is based on
Apr. 27, 2010 Big victory for Italian unions and water activitists The Italian unions and other water activists collected 100 000 signatures to demand a referendum to repeal a law of the Berlusconi government to privatise water services, and in just