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Jun 05

Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee in the Gas Sector - Working Group 2/2024 Brussels Belgium

Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee in the Gas Sector - Working Group 2/2024

Utilities, Local and Regional Government, Remunicipalisation, Union Rights, Work-life balance

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Jan. 18, 2017

EPSU supports sacked waste company trade unionists in Hungary

EPSU has sent a solidarity message to the HVDSZ 2000 union in Hungary, four of whose members, including its president András Király, have been summarily sacked.

Jul. 04, 2017

Reclaiming PS

Remunicipalisation becomes an unstoppable trend

The latest research from the Transnational Institute, with the support of EPSU as a leading partner has been published. This report confirms what EPSU was been arguing for years, that privatisation has not worked.

Nov. 10, 2017

Social dialogue Committee for Local and Regional Government adopts new work programme

The Committee for local and regional government bringing together EPSU and CEMR members have adopted a new work programme for 2018-2019.

Jan. 31, 2018

waste worker

Private sector failures in Norway - the consequences

Recent private sector failures in Norway have resulted in the re-municipalisation of waste services.

Jun. 21, 2018

Roscommon county council photo from Forsa website, Ireland

EPSU sends solidarity to Roscommon County Council workers on strike

Today Roscommon country council workers are on all out strike. Roscommon County Council is a municipality in the west of Ireland. It serves a population of about 65,000 people.

Oct. 09, 2018

EPSU Standing Committee on Local and Regional Government, 4 October 2018, Brussels

Decent work and “pay change” on agenda for Local Government workers

Members of EPSU’s Local and Regional Government Standing Committee met on 4th October in Brussels to discuss timely matters that concern the 17 million workers in Local and Regional Governments across Europe.

Mar. 06, 2019

water tap

How remunicipalisation of water services in Rostock delivered lower prices and better collective agreement

It took years of sustained effort. In the end trade unions, city councillors and water activists convinced the German city council of Rostock its water services are better off being run public.

Sep. 19, 2019

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Going public the failure of energy liberalisation report EPSU - PSIRU September 2019

Going Public: A Decarbonised, Affordable and Democratic Energy System for Europe new EPSU report

A brand new publication on the liberalisation of energy systems in Europe over the past 20 years is out.

Dec. 06, 2019

Public Future Conference 4-5 December 2019, Amsterdam

The Future is Public – Democratic Ownership of the Economy

With hundreds examples of people taking control of local public services, bringing public services back in public ownership is gaining momentum across the world.

Dec. 16, 2019

going public energy liberalisation

EPSU challenges Brussels consensus on market-based solutions to fight climate breakdown

In the past months, EPSU has sought to influence the debate around decarbonisation of the European economy and the need for a just transition.

Apr. 24, 2020

Solidarity

Poland: EPSU protests over threat to civil service jobs, pay and conditions

EPSU has today sent a letter to the prime minister of Poland,Mateusz Morawiecki, protesting agains the so-called Shield Two Act that poses a major threat to the jobs and pay and conditions of civil servants and other workers in public administration.

Sep. 30, 2020

Another town in Portugal brings water into public ownership

After the remunicipalisation of water services in Mafra in 2016 (Portugal), another Portuguese town has announced now that is going public.

Nov. 23, 2020

Right To Energy workshop December 2020

Right to Energy Forum workshop

In the framework of the Right to Energy Forum (more information below), EPSU will organise a workshop on “Going public: the way forward to end energy poverty? The failure of energy market liberalisation”

Sep. 20, 2021

Strengthening TU rights

Fighting for trade union rights for all public service workers

Public service trade unionists from across the Mediterranean region met online last week (14-15 September) to discuss the challenges they face in asserting their fundamental rights to organise, negotiate and take strike action.

Sep. 23, 2022

Conference photo

Federations agree next steps on trade union rights

Meeting in Skopje in North Macedonia on 22 September, public service trade unions from across Europe agreed to continue to work together to defend and strengthen trade union rights for employees, civil servants and all uniformed staff, from firefighters and health workers to police and military personnel.