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Feb. 12, 2021

Ukraine to respect its commitments to trade union rights

The EU-Ukraine summit took place in Brussels 11 February.

Jan. 16, 2020

EPSU Croatian public service unions supporting the Ukrainian trade union protests against labour law reform

Croatian unions: higher wages and stronger bargaining a key priority. Supporting the Ukrainian unions

EPSU’s Croatian affiliates have a clear message for the European Commission and their government, now chairing the Council of Ministers.

Dec. 19, 2019

ETUC Executive discusses collective bargaining, enlargement, due diligence, migration, trade and much more

The last Executive Committee of the ETUC this year debated promoting collective bargaining and improving wages.

Mar. 06, 2019

How remunicipalisation of water services in Rostock delivered lower prices and better collective agreement

It took years of sustained effort. In the end trade unions, city councillors and water activists convinced the German city council of Rostock its water services are better off being run public.

Jul. 09, 2018

EPSU Statement 20th Ukraine-EU summit June 2018

EU-Ukraine summit : trade unions demand more respect for their issues

The 20th Ukraine-EU Summit takes place in Brussels today (9 July) to discuss the next steps in implement the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement that has been in effect since 2016.

Aug. 25, 2017

2017 September epsucob@NEWS 15

Union secures wide-ranging agreement with energy company

Germany

After lengthy negotations, services union ver.di has endorsed a new agreement with the Uniper energy company that it will put to its members over the coming weeks. Key elements of the deal are commitments to no compulsory redundancies and to an early retirement scheme, seen by ver.di as important for the company's coal-powered operations that will face restructuring. This part of the agreement will run to 2022 while the long-term pay deal will run to 2024. The union prevented the company from cutting bonuses like Christmas pay but performance pay will be ended. In 2018 workers will get a lump

Jun. 29, 2017

Unions, civil society and ten thousands to G20: we need fair trade, social and climate justice and more democracy

The leaders of the G20 will meet for their annual meeting, 7-8 July in Hamburg. Trade unions and civil society will be present to underline their demands for Another World.