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Newsletter 18 November 2010

Nov. 18, 2010

From Left Didier Baur, EPSU vicepresident of the gas social dialogue committee 2nd to left EPSU Deputy General Secretary next to the European Commissioner Andor. Other representatives are from Eurogas, cabinet of the Commissioner and our colleagues from EMCEF (2nd from right Tamas Szekely of its Hungarian union and President of the social dialogue committee)

Gas social dialogue committee considers Commission's energy work programme 2011

(18 November 2010) A representative of DG Energy presented the Commission’s ongoing work such as [the energy strategy 2020->art7041] and the just published [infrastructure package->http://ec.europa.eu/energy/infrastructure/strategy/2020_en.htm]. The Commission representative also introduced

Nov. 18, 2010

Commission recognizes importance of trained and skilled workforce – more action needed

Press Communication - for immediate release – 18 November 2010 The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) demands to the European Commission to change its strategy towards the training

Nov. 18, 2010

Equality summit: ETUC and EPSU call for equality and social inclusion to be back on the EU agenda

(Press Communication, 18 November) The 4th EU Equality Summit on 15-16 November, Brussels, organised by the Belgian EU Presidency, with the support of the European Commission, focused on equality and

Nov. 18, 2010

Economic crisis and economic governance: mobilising against austerity 15 December

(17 November 2010) A report to EPSU’s Executive Committee earlier this month summarized the latest trends in the European economy and the spread of budget cuts across Europe that include

Nov. 17, 2010

Demonstration in Italy against water privatization

(17 November 2010, Brussels) After the succesful campaign that collected more than 1.4 million signatures for a referendum against the privatization of water, this weekend, Milan has staged a demonstration

Nov. 16, 2010

Social services: What political options after the 3rd social services of general interest (SSGI) Forum

On 10 November EPSU participated in a conference organised by the European Parliament’s public services and social economy Intergroups on "Social services: What political options after the 3rd social services of general interest (SSGI) Forum? ".

Nov. 16, 2010

Business lobby for less regulation can kill workers

(16 November 2010) It is a well known fact that there are thousands of lobbyists active in Brussels. Most work for corporations and seek to ensure weak regulations and enforcement

Nov. 15, 2010

Nordic waste workers consider procurement, health & safety, European developments

(15 November 2010) The financial and economic crisis had a profound impact on the waste sector with declining volumes and pressed for money municipalities seeking lower prices leading to more

Nov. 15, 2010

Challenging the Cuts Consensus – a UK pamphlet with alternatives to austerity

(15 November 2010) The new UK government has proposed a package of cuts in public services and social security that matches with those imposed on many other countries such as

Nov. 04, 2010

The water contract between Berlin and RWE/Veolia finally published – guarantees for excessive profits

(4 November 2010) Citizens in Berlin have long been campaigning to get insight into the contract between the large water companies and the city since the water services were farmed