Third EPSU regional collective bargaining conference

EPSU affiliates from 11 countries have been invited to send delegates to the third and final regional conference on social dialogue and collective bargaining. The conference will take place in Verona in Italy on 9-10 September and will discuss the ETUC's pay campaign and issues around public sector pay, the impact of recent European Court cases on collective bargaining across Europe, how to improve the sectoral social dialogue and the future of European industrial relations in the public services. The countries involved in this meeting are: Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, FYR Macedonia, Malta

Twenty-two delegates from seven countries met in Berlin earlier this month in the second of three regional meetings that EPSU has organised on social dialogue and collective bargaining with financial assistance from the European Commission. The participants discussed latest developments in pay, the ETUC's fair campaign and recent controversial statements from the European Central Bank and Eurogroup of finance ministers about “inflationary” pay claims in the public sector. The meeting also covered the threat to collective bargaining from recent European Court cases and examined the sectoral