Mar. 09, 2021 Organising: recruiting and retaining student members EPSU held the third webinar of its recruitment and organizing network on 17 February discussing “Innovative approaches to union recruitment and retention of university students”.
Feb. 26, 2021 Meeting the UK affiliates – standing up for workers’ rights and our public services The EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement is a new development in a long relationship between the UK, the EU and other European countries.
Feb. 23, 2021 Global unions and civil society join call for waiver to allow countries produce the vaccines Civil society groups and trade unions have jointly called upon the G20 countries to agree the waiver of intellectual property rights.
Feb. 17, 2021 The impact of the pandemic on public service workers – meeting over 120 union leaders in Central and Eastern Europe constituencies The union leaders met to discuss how the pandemic and the measures to contain it are effecting workers during several events.
Feb. 16, 2021 ETUC Executive Committee – People’s recovery, future of Europe and condemnation of the coup in Myanmar Europe’s union leaders met to discuss the many developments in the EU and Europe.
Feb. 12, 2021 Ukraine to respect its commitments to trade union rights The EU-Ukraine summit took place in Brussels 11 February.
Feb. 03, 2021 EN FR Trade rules must not impede access to COVID-19 vaccines and medical supplies (Press release - 4 February) Today the WTO TRIPS Council is set to discuss patent protections in place for COVID-19 related vaccines and medical supplies.
Feb. 03, 2021 ETUC and ConoSur unions reject EU-Mercosur trade agreement The European and Mercosur trade unions reject the agreement in its current form.
Jan. 26, 2021 Don't let trade rules stop access to COVID-19 vaccines and medical supplies! This was the clear message from the joint PSI EPSU webinar on organised on 25 January.
Jan. 18, 2021 EPSU raises concerns over UK workers’ rights post Brexit The ink is hardly dry on the EU – UK trade and cooperation agreement (TCA) that was agreed end December and already the UK Government is indicating that hard-won workers rights are going to be diluted.
Dec. 21, 2020 Building our unions EPSU’s guide, Building the union – winning for members, provides an introduction of the main issues for unions looking to develop a recruitment and organising strategy and is available in 13 languages.
Dec. 17, 2020 The pandemic – the organising and recruitment challenge for trade unions Second webinar of EPSU’s recruitment and organizing network
Dec. 09, 2020 EPSU Executive discussed strategies to change society and our economy Post-Covid and decided for a Joint Action Day on 23 June 2021 The impact of the pandemic on health and social services workers is huge.
Nov. 25, 2020 Working with affiliates on recruitment and organising (20 November 2020) Over the past two weeks 27 trade union leaders and officers from 10 unions in Moldova and Romania have taken part in a series of organising and recruitment workshops.
Nov. 05, 2020 Constituency Central Europe and Western Balkan: Unions see dramatic increases in COVID19 cases Like in other constituencies unions were reporting on the impact of the Corona-virus pandemic on their countries.