Health and Safety

On 7 March 2019 EPSU participated in a roundtable of more than 40 participants in the European Parliament on the prevention of exposure to hazardous drugs in the healthcare sector in Europe.

On 4 March 2019, DG SANTE had invited to a first meeting of a "Coalition for Vaccination" in order “to bring together European associations of healthcare workers as well as relevant students' associations in the field, to commit to delivering accurate information to the public.

Every year trade unions, health and safety activists and others remember the workers that have died because of work related accidents. We draw attention to the workers that have been injured at work and who have become ill from work. We do this on 28 April. This year the focus is on “Taking control

On 28 March 2019 EPSU participated, together with its representatives of the two national affiliates from Romania, Sanitas, and Croatia, HSSMS-MT, in the kick-off meeting of the joint HOSPEEM-EPSU project focusing on strengthening social dialogue in the hospital sector that will run in 2019 and 2020.

The UN has declared 13 October the day of International Disaster Prevention.

Today Tuesday 24 October Spanish prison workers are striking for day 1 of 6 demanding fair pay and better working conditions.

54 colleagues from 36 affiliates from 23 European countries, this time also including i.a. Russia, participated in EPSU's Standing Committee "Health and Social Services" organised on 2 October 2018 in Brussels.

Firefighters are demonstrating in Madrid today (26 October) to demand a national, legal framework for fire services that would regulate employment and working conditions.

On 3 December 2018 HOSPEEM and EPSU organised the social partners’ dissemination workshop focusing on the outcomes of two projects on health and safety and continuing professional developement.

HOSPEEM and EPSU have been provided support by the European Commission for a joint project aimed at implementing one of the two main priorities of the new work-programme 2014-2016 of the European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee of the Hospital Sector, i.e. the promotion of occupational safety and

EPSU was represented by colleagues from the Secretariat and from our Spanish member FSS-CC.OO and actively partipated in the conference "Women, Work and Cancer".

Tomorrow 12 December Members of the European Parliament will be voting on the Horizon Europe regulation and programme.

On 12-13 December the EPSU Firefighters network met in Brussels for a two-day discussion and practices exchange.

Trade unions ask action of Turkish government over arrests of unionists and health and safety New Istanbul Airport.