Executive Committee
EPSU Executive: Internal Decision-Making
EPSU’s Executive Committee is responsible for determining policies in between Congresses and meets at least once per year. Representation of unions is on a country basis. It is led by EPSU’s President Mette Nord (Fagforbundet, Norway) , and General Secretary, Jan Willem Goudriaan. The Vice-Presidents are Françoise Geng (CGT Santé Action Sociale France), Thomas Kattnig (Younion, Austria), Mikhail Kuzmenko (Heath workers trade union, Russia) and Liz Snape (Unison, UK).
Four Standing Committees focus the technical and vocational / sectoral work of EPSU:
- Health and Social Services (HSS)
- Local and Regional Government (LRG)
- National and European Administration (NEA)
- Public Utilities (UT)
2020 - 24-25 November - Documents adopted by the Executive Committee
EPSU Executive expresses its solidarity with the Italian public service unions strike action 9 December
The EPSU Executive Committee expresses its support for the Italian public services unions that will strike on 9 December to demand recognition for their role and work during the pandemic and for the government to renew the public service workers’ collective agreement that expired more than a year ago.
Trade union positions on conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan
(5 October 2020) Recently the conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan escalated. Many people were killed. EPSU has affiliated unions in both countries. They have approached us and expressed their concerns. The European trade unions are calling for an immediate ceasefire and for negotiations and
In Memoriam - Juozas Neverauskas, the President of the Lithuanian Industry Trade Union Federation
Juozas Neverauskas, the President of the Lithuanian Industry Trade Union Federation (LPPSF), died after fighting a serious illness on the 4th September. Juozas was 71. He was President of the union for the last 14 years.
