Recruitment & organising, Privatisation, Germany

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Mar. 16, 2023

EPSU stands with public sector unions taking action

Thousands of health workers across the Netherlands are taking industrial action today in their campaign to secure a 10% pay increase.

Feb. 18, 2019

ORPEA/Celenus – workers and Verdi reach collective agreement after long strike and broad solidarity

Verdi reached a collective agreement with Celenus, the subsidiary of French private elderly care company Orpea in Germany.

Oct. 18, 2018

ORPEA condemned in German Court – unlawful dismissal of trade unionists involved in strike action

The German labour court of Nordhausen cancelled the decision of management of Celenus to dismiss 2 trade union delegates.

Sep. 30, 2018

Social partnership solutions and good practice models to reduce psychosocial risks and burdens in health care

EPSU has supported a transnational project involving EPSU affiliates from six countries to promote social partnership solutions and good practice models to reduce psychosocial risks and burdens in health care.

Sep. 28, 2018

Health workers and unions protest against anti-union practices of the ORPEA group in Germany

Today health workers and their trade unions organise a protest and mobilisation in Berlin against the anti-union practices of the ORPEA group in Germany.

May. 24, 2017

2017 May epsucob@NEWS 09

Court victory for privatised workers

Germany

(May 2017) Two members of ver.di with the support of their union and the DGB confederation have won an important ruling in the European Court of Justice that protects the link between their pay and conditions and the public sector collective agreement. The two hospital employees were part of a transfer to a private company in 1997 but were then transferred again when the Asklepios company won the contract. Asklepios refused to maintain the link with the public sector collective agreement arguing that it was not party to the original negotiations. The European Court decided in favour of the