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Jan. 12, 2012

Towards equal pay between women and men

Statement of the European Social Dialogue Committee for Central Government Administrations - 20 December 2011 SDCCGAStatement Equal Pay

Sep. 18, 2014

Joint Guidelines Migration and Strengthening anti-discrimination in Local and Regional Governments

FINAL VERSION - Endorsed on 17 September 2014 by Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee Local and Regional Government EPSU CEMR Migration Guidelines ENEPSU CEMR Migration Guidelines FREPSU CEMR Migration Guidelines DEEPSU

Feb. 26, 2016

What is the local impact of migration on jobs and working conditions? CEMR-EPSU joint report

Migration policies at local level (26 February 2016) In 2015, Europe faced the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II. By the end of August 2015

Jul. 12, 2012

Europe: Further evidence on the threat to the quality of public services

Privatisation of public services is a new publication bringing together a number of studies carried out between 2007 and 2009 that examined the impact of privatisation and liberalisation on

Jul. 12, 2012

Finland: Research challenges claim that privatisation leads to increased efficiency

The results of a four-year research project, "Reforming markets and organizations", challenges a number of dominant ideas about the effects of markets and competition. The project was funded by the

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.

Jul. 12, 2012

Europe: a trend to remunicipalisation?

After many years when privatisation, contracting-out and outsourcing have been the dominant trends across the public services, there is now increasing evidence, particularly in the municipal sector – including water

Aug. 07, 2013

Europe: research exposes negative effects of private health

Why private sector health kills more than it cures - countering arguments in favour of privatisation is a briefing paper by the PSIRU research organisation that provides a wealth of

Aug. 07, 2013

Finland: municipalities bring services back in-house

(August 2013) A survey by the Soste social sector organisation aimed at senior employees in the mainly municipal social and health care sector, found more than a third saying that

Aug. 07, 2013

UK: campaigning for public services and against privatisation

"We own it" is a new campaigning group set up in the UK to argue for public services and challenge the idea that the private sector can do things more

May. 04, 2016

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Pay deal will help reduce gender pay gap

(May 2016) Municipal workers' union, Kommunal, has negotiated a new three-year agreement covering the welfare sector that includes a real pay increase for all but a higher pay increase for skilled nurses. This is a key part of the union's strategy to tackle the gender pay gap. In 2016 the basic pay increase will be SEK 520 (EUR 56) while nurses will get SEK 2010 (EUR 110). The agreement also includes provisions to ensure that full-time employment is the norm in the sector. Read more at Kommunal (SV)

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Apr. 27, 2016

Social partners in local and regional government present their activities on migration

On 25 April EPSU and CEMR jointly presented to the Liaison Forum - a body which brings together social partners in all the different EU sectoral social dialogue Committees -

May. 17, 2016

EPSU expresses solidarity with LGBTI community on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 2016

(17 May 2016) Today, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 2016, EPSU expresses its solidarity with all members of the LGBTI community. This year’s theme is mental health

May. 27, 2016

Regugees welcome

As governments across the world avoid responsibility for refugees, unions say "refugees welcome"

With more than 60 million people fleeing war, terror and abject poverty, the world faces the biggest refugee crisis since the Second World War.

Jun. 10, 2016

Workers are not robots EPSU GS at ETUC Executive Committee June 2016

ETUC Executive discusses equality action plan, digitalisation, trade, atypical work, youth employment, economic governance

Europe’s union leaders meet several times a year, where we discuss social, economic and political developments across Europe.