Social Dialogue

Press Release - Today the European trade union federations, EPSU and industriAll, and the industry association Eurogas, adopted a common position on the Just Transition in the Green Deal.

The European Commission appointed Andrea Nahles, former German Labour Minister as special advisor for social dialogue.

List of key dates for 2020 / 2021 for EPSU affiliates in the HSS sector EPSU HSS - Key Dates 2020 EPSU HSS - Key Dates 2021 Last update: 6 November 2020

Close to 200 European trade union leaders joined in an online discussion and agreed several policies.

The European economy will shrink. Unemployment is increasing. More public investment is needed to recover and strengthen Europe’s public services and infrastructures, the industries and services to create quality jobs.

The public hearing in front of the Grand Chamber took place 26 October 2020.

Court Case EPSU vs EC on information and consultation rights, Luxembourg, 26 October 2020 - Media Briefing - Embargoed until 23rd October

The EPSU case vs the European Commission (T310/18) attracts attention in the legal and academic community.

The pandemic created enormous challenges for all workers, both in the public and private sectors.

The EU pillar of social rights says that ALL workers in the EU should have information and consultation rights, but the European Commission denies them to people working in public administrations.

On Thursday, 17 September, two speakers representing EPSU participated in a seminar jointly organized by the European cross-sectoral partners ETUC, BusinessEurope, CEEP and SME United.

The interest in the Court case of EPSU vs the European Commission is increasing in the academic community.

The Universities of Louvain and Brussels are organising a webinar on a ground-breaking European legal case in which EPSU is involved and which will determine the future of the European level social dialogue 16 September.

A decade ago, the European Sectoral Social Partners, EPSU, UNI EUROPA, ETUCE, HOSPEEM, CEMR, EFEE, EuroCommerce, CoESS identified third-party violence and harassment at the workplace as one of the key health and safety challenges to face within the European Economic Area

Social partners for central government administrations -EUPAE, on the employers’ side representing 18 EU governments and TUNED, for the trade unions led by EPSU- reached a joint statement on Covid-19 and its aftermath, following an online meeting on 26 June 2020.