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TPVH 3rd Negotiations meeting, 29 April 2024 Brussels Belgium

TPVH 3rd Negotiations meeting, 29 April 2024

Local and Regional Government, Remunicipalisation, Culture, Work-life balance, Outsourcing

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Sep. 12, 2006

Outsourcing checklist

Adopted by the Standing Committee on Local and Regional Government, 23 May 2006 -* Excluded services - an agreement on outsourcing could specify services which the employer would be committed

Jun. 05, 2015

Culture Workers from Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria in Visegrad say no to TTIP, CETA, TiSA

EPSU Regional Conference for Culture Workers in Hungary

(5 June 2015) EPSU Regional Conference for culture workers in Hungary Visegrad, 2-4 June The culture sector is undergoing painful restructuring. Librarians, museum workers, archivists and musicians discussed the impact

Jan. 21, 2016

"You can not strip us down further ", Culture Workers action, 20 January 2016, Budapest

"You can not strip us down further " say Hungarian Culture Workers fighting for decent pay

Hungarian librarians, museum and other staff have been fighting for a decent increase in their pay. With events and actions in the whole country they draw attention to their situation

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.

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.

May. 30, 2019

APSE

Insourcing services - more evidence and arguments from the UK

A new report by the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) in the UK provides further evidence of the trend towards and benefits of insourcing public services.

Oct. 14, 2019

Public Sector workers deserve better EPSU

Privatisation, digitalisation and working time, the priorities for EPSU affiliates in local and regional administration

On 10 October, EPSU held its biannual Standing Committee (SC) on Local and Regional Government which drew together EPSU members from across the continent.

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.

Apr. 28, 2021

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NEA and LRG Statement: Art and culture workers are essential to a fairer society

Arts and culture are amongst the sectors worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, pushing many workers from precarity to poverty and putting in jeopardy the future development of many cities.

Jan. 23, 2023

call for tender

Call for Tender

Tender Specifications for creating the content and format of an online course focusing on the impact on workers and services of insourcing public services.

Oct. 31, 2023

EPSU pan european LRG conference 29 September Brussels

Successful pan-European Conference of Local and Regional Government

The EPSU LRG European Conference brought together over 40 delegates and speakers from across Europe to discuss remunicipalisation of public services, focusing on the climate crisis, gender equality and democratic ownership.

Nov. 27, 2023

Reclaiming PS except graph

INQPS project – insourcing, remunicipalisation and quality public services

In April 2023 EPSU and PSI, the European and global trade union federations representing public service workers, launched the INQPS project aimed at developing an online course on insourcing/remunicipalisation –