Equality
Date
Mar. 08, 2020
Do you want us to be equal or not? International Women's Day 8 March 2020
8 March 2020 – 25 years have passed since the Beijing declaration, when the world took full conscience that “women’s rights are human rights” and developed a Platform for Action, a comprehensive blueprint for advancing women’s rights, achieving full gender equality.
Feb. 26, 2020
Time to end the secrecy! The European trade union movement calls for immediate action to close the gender pay gap
On Tuesday, EPSU joined representatives from ETUC and other European trade unions and trade union federations in a visual demonstration to demand concrete measures to combat gender discrimination and to ensure gender pay transparency.
Feb. 19, 2020
Report of EC conference “Trade Union Practices on Non-Discrimination and Diversity”
A large number of EPSU affiliates took part in a conference organised by the European Commission’s DG for Justice and Consumers to discuss the findings of a report on trade union practices against discrimination at the workplace
Feb. 13, 2020
Closing the Gender Pay Gap in Public Services: First Workshop in London
Last week, the University of Greenwich organised a workshop in London on the Gender Pay Gap in Central and Northern Europe, which was attended by project partners including EPSU, as well as representatives from various trade unions.
Dec. 09, 2019
Success of EPSU’s actions for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, EPSU organized a campaign to promote a health and safe environment in the world of work, through the ratification of the Istanbul and the ILO 190 Conventions.
Nov. 25, 2019
Public Services prevent, protect, support: PS stand with women against violence
Brussels, 25 November 2019: On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, EPSU stands on the side of women against violence, demanding equal pay, equal rights and proper law enforcement to protect female workers.
Oct. 24, 2019
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Unions mark equal pay day
21 October is marked as equal pay day in Austria where the gender pay gap is one of the biggest in Europe at 19.7%. This is based on a full-time woman worker getting an average of EUR 41785 compared to EUR 52033 for a man. This is the equivalent of women working for free for 72 days - hence setting the date as 21 October. Unions highlight the problems of part-time work and unpaid care as contributing to the problem. While 47% of women work part time only 11% of men do.
Oct. 18, 2019
EPSU: defending and promoting public services and public service workers - 9th Congress briefing
Campaigning for the right to water, negotiating on information and consultation rights for central government workers, lobbying for tougher action on tax avoidance and fraud, standing up to multinationals and