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Jul. 09, 2006

EPSU-ETUI recruitment and organisation seminar, January 2006

Trade union membership is dropping in many countries in Europe. Union density is sometimes very low. EPSU and ETUI-Education organised a seminar to consider the problems facing unions recruiting new

Jul. 09, 2007

EPSU-ETUI recruitment and organisation seminar, January 2007

(30 January 2007) Leaders from health care, local and central government, municipal services, water and energy (electricity and gas) trade unions met to share experience on recruitment and organizing. The

Jan. 27, 2010

EPSU-ETUI recruitment and organisation seminar, January 2010

(27 January 2010) Representatives of seven trade union organisations from Belgium, Norway, Sweden and the UK came together on 25-27 January to debate and exchange ideas on recruitment and organisation

Jul. 09, 2010

EIRO report: Trade union strategies to recruit new groups of workers, June 2010

This report by the EIRO industrial relations observatory examines trends in trade union membership across Europe and provides an overview of some of the initiatives to try to increase recruitment

Mar. 10, 2014

Pushing recruitment and organising up the agenda

{{(5-6 March 2014) Building strong and effective trade unions was at the centre of the debate at a meeting on organising and recruitment hosted by the Swedish affiliates in EPSU

Nov. 17, 2014

Recruiting and organising in social services in South East Europe (3 days)

Joint EPSU - ETUI Course 27-29 January 2015, Zagreb - see full details here

Feb. 12, 2016

Building unions in Central and Eastern Europe

(12 February 2016) Twenty union activists and officers from five countries met this week in London, at the head offices of public services union Unison, to discuss organising and recruitment

Apr. 29, 2016

Executive Committee discusses right2strike, organizing and pillar of social rights

(April 2016) With the agreement on information and consultation signed by the trade unions and the employers (ministers) for central government a major step has been made. Hundred thousands of

Apr. 29, 2016

Trade Union Strategies Towards Decent Work in Global Supply Chains

Representatives from European national unions – Bulgaria, Malta, Poland, Sweden - and ETUFs – EPSU, ETF - discussed strategies to ensure good working conditions in global supply chains with their

Jun. 24, 2016

Organising and recruitment - putting plans into action

(24 June 2016) Representatives of EPSU affiliates from Hungary, Croatia and Serbia met in Budapest earlier this week to discuss how they could strengthen their organising and recruitment work. Colleagues

Nov. 03, 2016

Jan Willem Goudriaan EPSU GS at ETUC EC 26-27 November2016

Future of Europe, CETA, self-employed and Pay Rise Campaign dominate discussions in ETUC Executive Committee

The European Union is confronted with several challenges and Member States do not find adequate answers. It leads to a sense of crisis of the European institutions.

Nov. 16, 2016

EPSU executive committee on the 8 and 9 November 2016, in Brussels.

EPSU Executive Committee addresses Tax Justice, Brexit, situation in Turkey, CETA, elects new leadership and much more

We have a new President in EPSU. Isolde Kunkel-Weber from the German union Ver.di was elected and will take over from Annelie Nordstrom. Mette Nord from the Norwegian union Fagforbundet was elected vice-President.

Dec. 21, 2016

Successfully building health unions in Eastern Europe

Local successes in union recruitment were shared by health unions from Eastern Europe at a meeting in Prague on 16 December.

Feb. 09, 2017

Strategies for organizing workers in trade unions discussed by young Russian unionists

How to build union power was the overall topics of a course on organizing and modernization of unions of the Russian Health Workers Trade Union.

Feb. 10, 2017

2017 February epsucob@NEWS 03

Unions calls for statutory staffing levels in eldercare

The FNV trade union has submitted proposals to the government to set staffing levels in eldercare. The union wants to see two workers for every eight residents and emphasises that there should be a balance of different skill levels. FNV argues that this is a crucial measure that will help improve recruitment and retention in the sector by ensuring that workers are not overworked and have enough time to spend with clients.

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