EPSU Newsletter 27 October 2011

Oct. 27, 2011

Successful EPSU Health Conference

(27 October 2011, Bucharest) On October 18 and 19 the European Federation of Public Service Unions held its annual sectoral conference; this year, the issue at stake was Health, soon

Oct. 27, 2011

Trading away public services – How the EU handles its FTA negotiations

The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), the Austrian trade union federation (OGB) office in Brussels and organisations of the Canadian civil society organise a press conference to present the study “Public services in bilateral free trade agreements of the EU” carried out by Professor Markus Krajewski, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Oct. 26, 2011

Report from EWC conference Athens

(26 October 2011) Along with the Congress ETUC organised a conference for European Works Councils (EWC’s) on 16-17 May this year. The conference was attended by around 120 representatives from

Oct. 26, 2011

Network for Sustainable Public Procurement gears up for revision of the public procurement Directives

(26 October 2011) On 10 October the Network made up of trade unions and social and environmental NGOs organised a workshop to take stock of the upcoming revision Sara Piller

Oct. 26, 2011

EPSU consults its affiliates over the mandate on Working time

(26 October 2011) The ETUC and its affiliates are consulting on the mandate of the ETUC concerning the negotiations on changes to the Working time directive. EPSU has sent out

Oct. 24, 2011

Municipal and regional employers and trade unions deeply concerned about the effects of the crisis

(Press communication – 24 October 2011) The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and the Employers Platform of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR-EP) met on 21

Oct. 24, 2011

EPSU supports the struggle of Greek workers and trade unionists

(24 October 2011) The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) notes the overwhelming support the actions of the Greek trade unions had on 19 and 20 October. It sends

Oct. 24, 2011

The Impact of Global Warming on Europe's Public Services

Based on current scenarios of the International Panel on Climate Change, average global temperature will likely rise with 2 degrees if we can achieve drastic CO2 cuts in 2100.

Oct. 21, 2011

Tripartite European Employment Summit - is the social dialogue moving to the streets ?

(21 October 2011) The worldwide actions against the greed of bankers and how austerity measures impact on workers, citizens and communities (15 October) were a topic of concern at the

Oct. 19, 2011

European health workers must not be the scapegoats of the crisis. Decent work is needed to improve Europe's health

(19 October 2011- Press Communication) The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) held the biggest gathering in 2011 of health workers in Europe to discuss the effects of the