Economic Policy
Date
Mar. 16, 2010
Business Europe's full scale attack on public pensions, public employees and public services – as if nothing happened?
(16 March 2010) The European Commission is [reported->http://www.epsu.org/a/6328] to seek influence over public workers pay. It is now joined by BusinessEurope. As if the current financial and economic crisis was
May. 21, 2010
Disappointing that conservative and liberal Euromeps chose to inflict pain rather than invest in growth
(21 May 2010, Brussels) A European Parliament majority of conservatives and liberal politicians voted 20 May to inflict pain on Europe's citizens and workers. It adopted a position of severe
Jun. 09, 2010
Spanish public sector workers strike while Danish unions protest over austerity plans
Yesterday (8 June) saw demonstrations across Spain as public sector workers took strike action against government proposals to slash public spending and cut civil servants pay. Unions estimate around 75%