Apr. 12, 2011 Council terminates water contract PECS City Council in Hungary managed to terminate its water contract with the Suez multinational despite heavy lobbying by the company, the French government and Hungarian prime minister.
Apr. 12, 2011 Hospital cleaning brought in-house Over the past three years the authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have introduced regulations that ended the privatization of cleaning services in hospitals.
Mar. 03, 2011 Controlling contractors: Finland, Macedonia and Malta (May 2011) Controlling the pay and conditions used by contractors is crucial both to protect their employees and to prevent the use of outsourcing to undercut the jobs, pay and
Mar. 03, 2011 Hungary: Court supports Pecs decision to terminate Suez water contract (May 2011) A Hungarian arbitration court ruled in March 2010 that the city council of Pecs was legally entitled to terminate its water service contract with the multinational Suez Environnement
Mar. 03, 2011 UK: hospital cleaning brought in house in Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland (May 2011) In the 1980s, the Thatcher government in the UK introduced compulsory tendering of all cleaning and catering work in hospitals throughout the UK. This was bitterly fought at