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Jul. 02, 2025

EPSU staff holding 'No to Austerity' Public Service Day banners.

Workers across Europe say no to austerity on Public Service Day

Workers across Europe marked Public Service Day by calling for an end to austerity and demanding that public services be placed at the centre of Europe’s future.

Jul. 01, 2025

Hospital corridor with a stretcher in the foreground and medical staff in scrubs gathered in the background.

One million ‘avoidable deaths’ shows austerity kills

New Eurostat figures show that more than a million people lost their lives due to ‘avoidable’ conditions in 2022.

Jun. 30, 2025

A large group of trade unionists march in Budapest Pride 2025 under a bright blue sky, holding a colourful banner that reads "Solidarity with Pride" and waving various union and rainbow flags.

Trade unions march for rights and dignity at Budapest Pride 2025

EPSU joined thousands of marchers in Budapest to stand in solidarity with the LGBT+ community and defend democratic freedoms under attack in Hungary and beyond.

Jun. 17, 2025

meeting room

Successful conference on deregulation takes place in the heart of the EU bubble

Over a hundred people gathered in Brussels to discuss the many European Commission proposals on simplification and omnibus packages.

May. 23, 2025

Francoise Geng speaks on stage at ETUC Mid Term Conference

EPSU calls for Public Services Agenda at ETUC Mid-Term Conference

European trade union leaders met in Belgrade to set a common agenda to tackle mounting challenges.

May. 22, 2025

ETUC Palestine resolution banner

ETUC on Council demand for investigating violations human rights by Israel in Gaza

European trade unions are demanding stronger EU action to pressure Israel to end its war in Gaza.

May. 08, 2025

Online social partner consultation on public procurement.

Revised public procurement rules must put people and planet first

EPSU called for mandatory social, ecological and sustainable criteria in social partner consultation.

May. 07, 2025

social partner consultation on quality jobs roadmap meeting

Competitiveness cannot be delivered without quality jobs

EPSU participated in a Social Partner Consultation on the European Commission’s Quality Jobs Roadmap.

Apr. 30, 2025

Council of the European Union infographics Digital Platform Workers in the EU

ETUC seminar discusses which workers in Europe are vulnerable to Uberisation?

Trade union representatives evaluated several sectors on their vulnerability to platformisation.

Apr. 24, 2025

EPSU and cross-sectoral social partners meet Commissioner Mînzatu

Meeting with Commissioner Mînzatu on the Quality Jobs Roadmap

Quality Jobs Roadmap must include legislative initiatives on occupational psycho-social risks and AI at work.

Apr. 24, 2025

EPSU Executive Committee shares solidarity with US Trade Unions.

EPSU Executive Committee remembers resistance while preparing for new challenges

AI, public procurement, simplification, social pillar and more on agenda at EPSU Executive Committee.

Mar. 28, 2025

A group of people posing for a photo in front of a European Council backdrop, with the EU flag and a historic photo of a formal meeting room displayed behind them.

Defense must not be at the expense of EU social model and investment in public services

The trade union delegation told the Tripartite Social Summit that Europea can not be bullied out of its social model.

Mar. 27, 2025

A group of protesters gathers outside the European Commission in Brussels, holding banners, flags, and signs opposing the EU Omnibus proposal. Messages include "Due Diligence Now" and "Climate Democracy Dies in Darkness." EPSU flags and trade union banners are visible. The European Commission building in the background displays a banner reading "For Our Future 2024-2029."

European trade union movement calls on European Parliament to reject Omnibus package

EPSU has joined the ETUC and other European trade union federations to condemn the Omnibus proposal.

Mar. 13, 2025

A modern conference room with a row of empty black office chairs lined up along a sleek meeting table. A blurred black-and-white mural in the background depicts a street scene with cars and a pedestrian

EPSU EWC Network meets to discuss company policy and priorities

Omnibus Law and trade union experts in EWCs on agenda in Brussels meeting.

Mar. 06, 2025

A group of seven people, four seated and three standing, pose around a wooden meeting table in a professional setting with large windows behind them. Some have papers and notebooks in front of them. The group includes men and women in business and smart-casual attire, with name tags visible on some attendees.

Young workers need a Traineeship Directive that protects the most vulnerable

A group of young Irish trade unionists visited Brussels to call for an ambitious Traineeship Directive.