Electricity, PPPs
Union organises strike against network privatisation
(September 2016) The FNME-CGT energy trade union is planning a day of action on 21 September by workers at the RTE electricity network. The union is very concerned about the impact of a sell-off on prices and services to users as well as the implications for the pay and conditions of workers in the sector.
Unions secure guarantees over hospital privatisation
(September 2016) The GWU general union and MUMN nurses' union have both signed agreements with the government providing guarantees on pay and conditions and collective agreements applying to workers affected by a public-private partnership covering three hospitals. The workers affected will remain government employees.
Electricity Sector: Trade unions and employers sign landmark agreement on traineeships
EURELECTRIC/IndustriAll Europe/EPSU Joint Press Release (27 June 2016) Today Employers and trade unions have signed a landmark agreement to provide minimum standards for trainees in the European electricity sector.Jan Willem
Strike action secures commitment to social dialogue
(May 2016) Following strike action last month, the SDE Slovenije energy union, has secured an agreement from the government that any planned restructuring of the energy industry would be subject to social dialogue with the union. The union took industrial action in reaction to recent trends where the government had been taking unilateral decisions about the electricity sector while failing to fully honour agreements signed with the union. Read more at SDE (SL)
Private Sector Dominates UNECE Forum on PPPs
Public Services International (PSI) has criticised the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) for a lack of democracy and an almost demagogic bias in favour of the private sector as it tries to set global standards for Public-Private Partnerships.
European Social Partners in the Electricity Sector reiterate support for "Just Transition"
(23 September 2015) Ahead of the upcoming COP21, EPSU successfully agreed a [joint position with the social partners->http://www.epsu.org/a/11679] – IndustriAll (for the Unions) and Eurelectric (representing employers) – which committed
EURELECTRIC/IndustriAll Europe/EPSU Joint Position on addressing measures to mitigate social impacts
COP21 UN Climate Change Conference (22 September 2015) Climate change is one of the biggest global challenges our generation faces. It will shape the way the power industry runs business
EURELECTRIC/IndustriAll Europe/EPSU Joint Press Release on addressing measures to mitigate social impacts
COP21 UN Climate Change Conference (22 September 2015) European Social Partners for the Electricity Sector have committed to “the development of skilling and reskilling programmes, the creation of quality jobs
Social partners in the Electricity sector meet to prepare the next social dialogue committee meeting
(2 September 2015). EPSU hosted a preparatory meeting between the secretariats of the social partners for the forthcoming Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee (SSDC) for Electricity plenary session. Trade union representatives