Sweden
In the lead up to the European Court hearing of the Vaxholm case, the European Commission appears to have conceded that the Swedish system of collective agreements is compatible with European law. The case involves the attempt by a Latvian company to pay its Latvian workers in Sweden below the collective agreement for the building industry. Further details of the case are at> EPSU
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The ETUC has criticised the European Commission and called for an urgent meeting with Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn over calls for changes to collective bargaining in Ireland and increased labour market flexibility, including cuts to the minimum wage, as well as similar interventions in Greece. The criticisms of the Commission come at the beginning of the so-called European Semester, the new system of economic governance that is being established and that could lead to more permanent threats to national collective bargaining autonomy. [Read more at > EPSU (EN)->http:/
(Brussels, 28 September 2012) EPSU has published the report "Europeanization of national health systems - National impact and EU codification of the patient mobility case law". It has been commissioned
