Staffing levels, Precarious employment, Outsourcing

Proposals to reform the labour code have been criticised by a range of trade union and student organisations. The CGT and FO confederations were joined by thousands of students in protests on 9 March calling for he withdrawal of the planned changes. Other union organisations, including the CFDT and UNSA, are pushing for changes to the reforms, particuarly in relation to measures that will make it easier for employers to carry out redundancies. They plan to mobilise for 12 March and warn of further action if the government doesn't make the necessary changes.

Jun. 14, 2005

EPSU Questionnaire: Outsourcing in the Public Services

Questionnaire FSESP: L'externalisation dans les services publics EPSU Fragebogen: Outsourcing im öffentlichen Dienst Cuestionario de la FSESP: Externalización de los servicios públicos EPSU kartläggning: Outsourcing inom offentliga tjänster {EPSU affiliates

Oct. 21, 2013

Zero hours and the spread of precarious employment

Europe is experiencing a concerning increase of precarious work arrangements that already began in the 1990s and early 2000s with demands for more flexibility, the promise of job growth, and

Sep. 29, 2015

EPSU-ILO Decent Work Project: Report of fourth regional meeting in Sofia

(7 September 2015) {{More than 25 participants from five countries took part in the fourth regional workshop of EPSU’s project with the International Labour Organisation’s training centre at the beginning

Jul. 12, 2012

UK: the benefits of outsourcing – where's the evidence?

The university sector in the UK, and some universities in particular, are under pressure to cut costs and to outsource services.

Mar. 15, 2006

Outsourcing prevented in Vattenfall Europe (Germany)

(30 March 2006) The German unions including Verdi have reached an agreement which prevents that outsourced companies would not have to apply the collective agreement. The unions organised a number

May. 14, 2006

Out-sourcing a priority issue for European Works Councils, argue coordinators and EWC representatives

(Report of the meeting of 10 May 2006) Many companies in the utilities and other sectors outsource activities in different forms, including off-shoring. European Works Councils are also confronted with

Nov. 22, 2010

Workshop: Trade union strategies on privatisation, outsourcing and defending quality public services

22-23 November 2010, Sesimbra, Portugal

Mar. 07, 2011

Outsourcing

Outsourcing of public services often has more of an impact on the low-paid and predominantly women workers as it is often services like cleaning and catering that are the first

Jun. 19, 2014

Congratulations: More than 367.000 signatures against outsourcing public service jobs in Croatia

(19 June 2014) The Croatian public service unions affiliated to EPSU have been campaigning for 2 weeks to collect more than 367.000 signatures (10% of the voting population) to defeat

Oct. 25, 2018

2018 October epsucob@NEWS 20

Union steps up action against proposed dismissal law

Finland

The JHL public services union stepped up its industrial action against proposed changes in dismissal rights with a 48-hour strike by around 10000 members who work in cleaning, property maintenance and food service sectors and sports and culture services. The strike is part of widespread trade union industrial action against plans to reduce dismissal protection for workers in small companies. The unions argue that not only is the change unfair, creating two-tier labour law but also threatens to impact women workers more than men. Trade unions are also angry that the government is trying to

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Staffing levels, Precarious employment, Outsourcing

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