Oct. 10, 2013 Threats against Guatemalan unions continue (10 October 2013) On 2 October 2013 at 15:00, Melvy Lizeth Camey Rojas, the Secretary of SNTSG (the PSI affiliated health care workers union in Guatemala) Health Center of Chiquimulilla
Oct. 23, 2012 Video ECI "Water is a human right!" (23 October 2012) [A video->http://vimeo.com/49869372] to promote our European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) for the right to water and sanitation has been launched last week. In the first month 30,000 people
Oct. 23, 2012 ETUC calls for a day of action and solidarity on 14 November 2012 (23 October 2012) The European Trade Union Confederation Executive Committee on 17 October called for a day of action and solidarity for a Social Compact for Europe. The ETUC in
Oct. 22, 2012 EPSU convinces Energy Community Ministerial Council to develop Social Strategy (22 October 2012) An Energy Strategy was adopted by the Energy ministers on 18 October. The energy strategy seeks to create a common understanding of the challenges and of the
Oct. 19, 2012 EPSU supports 48h General strike by its Greek affiliates (18 October 2012) Today and tomorrow Greek workers will be on a general strike against the new cuts announced by the Samaras government. We support the peaceful demonstration of our
Oct. 17, 2012 EUROPE MUST ADDRESS ITS SOCIAL DEBT – ETUC President and General Secretary to European Council (16 October 2012) The debt crisis and how to get out of it is being discussed everywhere. And so it should. But there is a social debt which is just
Oct. 16, 2012 Commitment to strengthening European sectoral social dialogue in Prague Joint press release – 15 October 2012 Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) (15 October 2012) In today’s European social, economic and
Oct. 16, 2012 EU Commission Forces Crisis-hit Countries to Privatise Water (Brussels, 17 October 2012) The European Commission is deliberately promoting privatization of water services as one of the conditions being imposed as part of bailouts, it acknowledged in a letter
Oct. 15, 2012 Public service union wins freedom of expression case for European Court of Human Rights The Turkish union Egitim Sen (Education and Science Workers Union), member of KESK won an important victory in a freedom of expression and association case.