Electricity, Working Time
Negotiating and campaigning on working time
After pay, working time is core collective bargaining issue but is also an important area of employment regulated by national and European legislation. EPSU has been very active in defending and calling for proper implementation of the Working Time Directive and is involved in current debates on working time. The why and how of working time reduction is a guide produced for EPSU by the European Trade Union Institute and examines long-term trends in working time, the arguments for reducing it and examples of how this has been achieved.
Date
Nov. 13, 2008
Social partner conference discusses restructuring in the electricity sector
(11 December 2008) The Conference presentations are now available on the public website of Eurelectric within the Events / [Past EURELECTRIC Events folder->http://www2.eurelectric.org/content/default.asp?PageID=705] (Login: restructuring; Password: electricity) (13 November 2008)
Nov. 12, 2008
Working Time Directive: AK EUROPA and the Brussels Office of the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (ÖGB) successfully mobilize shortly before casting the vote in the European Parliament
[07-11-2008 - 08-11-2008] {{On 4.11.2008, exactly a day before casting the vote for the Working Time Directive in the second reading of the Employment Committee, AK EUROPA and the Brussels