EPSU Newsletter 28 October 2010

Oct. 28, 2010

EU quality framework on social services - top priority should go to developing action plan(s) on "more and better" care services for older people

Press Communication, 28 October 2010 (28 October 2010, Luxemburg) Yesterday a joint workshop organised by the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) discussed a draft report on elder care

Oct. 27, 2010

EPSU's Italian affiliate protest against prison overcrowding, 28 October 2010

On 28 October, EPSU’s affiliate FP-CGIL is mounting a staged protest against prison overcrowding, echoing the EPSU European action day on the same issue in 2008. Three overcrowded prison cells

Oct. 27, 2010

Solidarity message: Protest Day Romania, 27 October 2010

(26 October 2010) On behalf of 8 million public service employees, EPSU expresses its solidarity with its Romanian civil service affiliates that will hold a protest day on Wednesday 27

Oct. 26, 2010

European Parliament votes towards a new European energy strategy 2011-2020

(26 October 2010) The Industry and Energy Committee of the European Parliament agreed its position on the Commission document on '[Towards a new European Energy Policy 2020'->http://ec.europa.eu/energy/strategies/consultations/2010_07_02_energy_strategy_en.htm] today. The report

Oct. 26, 2010

European countries failing to provide adequate migrant support services Public sector unions propose solutions

(Press Release, 26 October, Malaga, Spain) There are not enough public services or qualified public service workers available to assist migrants, and, migrants are forced to wait too long to

Oct. 22, 2010

Unions meet to consider EWCs in Spanish FCC, Ferrovial and ACS

(22 October 2010, Brussels) For a number of years unions have been considering the establishment of European Works Councils in Spanish companies. Despite a high number of Spanish multinational companies

Oct. 21, 2010

EPSU expresses solidarity with the French workers and calls for support

(21 October 2010) The European Federation of Public Service Unions wants to express its solidarity with the struggle of the French workers to defend their pensions as well as its

Oct. 15, 2010

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Investing in quality public services, the best alternative to austerity cuts

(Geneva, Switzerland, 15 October 2010) In the face of widespread cuts to public services, leaders of private and public sector trade unions, municipal governments and civil society groups have made

Oct. 15, 2010

Big healthcare companies continue to penetrate European Health Services

(Brussels 15 October 2010) “The expansion of private healthcare providers in Europe needs to be considered in the light of the proposed EC Directive on healthcare cross border mobility”. This

Oct. 01, 2010

European organisations agree on measures to counter work-place violence

(30 September 2010) European organisations agree on measures to counter work-place violence. Eight European organisations of social partners have today adopted joint Guidelines* setting out the practical steps that can