Jun. 27, 2023 Public Service Day 2023: Juliet Schor on public services, working time reduction, and the path to fundamental change EPSU welcomed Prof. Juliet Schor, a distinguished economist and sociologist, for a thought-provoking webinar on 22 June to mark United Nations Public Service Day.
Jun. 22, 2023 Webinar with Juliet Schor: Fundamental change, the role of public services and working time reduction 22 June 15:00 EPSU is pleased to welcome Prof. Juliet Schor on 22 June to a webinar on the occasion of UN Public Services Day, 23 June, 2023.
Mar. 09, 2023 Working time legislation must be respected! In a recent debate on volunteering in the European Parliament, a few MEPs raised the importance of the work of volunteer firefighters.
May. 12, 2020 New book released on remunicipalisation - The Future is Public Resistance to privatisation has turned into a powerful force for change.
Dec. 06, 2019 The Future is Public – Democratic Ownership of the Economy With hundreds examples of people taking control of local public services, bringing public services back in public ownership is gaining momentum across the world.
Aug. 03, 2018 Defending and promoting public services - EPSU/ETUI seminar Twenty-nine participants from EPSU affiliates in 16 countries met in Kiljava in southern Finland at the beginning of July in a two-and-a-half day seminar on public services and privatisation.
Jul. 04, 2017 Remunicipalisation becomes an unstoppable trend The latest research from the Transnational Institute, with the support of EPSU as a leading partner has been published. This report confirms what EPSU was been arguing for years, that privatisation has not worked.
Aug. 07, 2013 UK: campaigning for public services and against privatisation "We own it" is a new campaigning group set up in the UK to argue for public services and challenge the idea that the private sector can do things more
Aug. 07, 2013 Finland: municipalities bring services back in-house (August 2013) A survey by the Soste social sector organisation aimed at senior employees in the mainly municipal social and health care sector, found more than a third saying that
Aug. 07, 2013 Europe: research exposes negative effects of private health Why private sector health kills more than it cures - countering arguments in favour of privatisation is a briefing paper by the PSIRU research organisation that provides a wealth of
Aug. 07, 2013 UK: Campaigning for public services and against privatisation (August 2013) ["We own it"->http://weownit.org.uk/] is a new campaigning group set up in the UK to argue for public services and challenge the idea that the private sector can do
Aug. 07, 2013 Finland: municipalities bring services back in-house (August 2013) A survey by the Soste social sector organisation aimed at senior employees in the mainly municipal social and health care sector, found more than a third saying that
Aug. 07, 2013 Europe: how outsourcing waste public resources A new report by the LO trade union confederation in Norway puts together research evidence that concludes that competitive tendering of public services delivers neither lower costs nor better services.
Aug. 07, 2013 Europe: research exposes negative effects of private health (August 2013) Why private sector health kills more than it cures - countering arguments in favour of privatisation is a briefing paper by the PSIRU research organisation that provides a
Jul. 12, 2012 Europe: a trend to remunicipalisation? After many years when privatisation, contracting-out and outsourcing have been the dominant trends across the public services, there is now increasing evidence, particularly in the municipal sector – including water