The Corona virus (COVID-19) outbreak is dominating the news. Behind the headlines are the patients and their families, the thousands in quarantine, and the many more in villages and towns who see their lives uprooted. There are also first responders, the emergency workers and the health and social service workers who are doing all they can…
On 27 November, the new European Commission was approved with a comfortable majority and now that President Ursula von der Leyen is up and running we can expect an avalanche of proposals in the next six months. Many of these will be key for public service workers. What will be proposed on fair wages, strengthening…
Ten thousands of health and care workers are taking part in actions and strikes across Europe. And the demands, despite the diversity of countries, are similar. More public funding is needed to provide quality services delivered by workers on decent pay. Years of austerity have left public health care systems in crisis. French President Emmanuel Macron…
Communiqué de presse 24 octobre 2019 Aujourd’hui le Tribunal de l’Union européenne a rendu sa décision dans l’affaire opposant la Fédération syndicale européenne des services publics (FSESP/EPSU) et la Commission européenne concernant les droits à l’information et à la consultation des agents publics au sein des gouvernements centraux. Le Tribunal a conclu que le droit d’initiative…
(Brussels, 19 September 2019) A brand new publication on the liberalisation of energy systems in Europe over the past 20 years is out. The report highlights the many failures of liberalisation – prices have increased for consumers by as much as double in the past 10 years, a quarter of jobs have been lost in…
Note de synthèse Le présent rapport analyse les données d’une enquête réalisée par la FSESP, avec le soutien du Comité des jeunes de la CES et du Forum européen de la jeunesse. Les don- nées étudiées représentent la vision qu’ont 1394 jeunes du travail, des syndicats et de la société. Cette enquête ciblait les jeunes…
(29 August 2019) After months of dedicated work by the EPSU Youth network in collaboration with the ETUC Youth and the European Youth Forum (EYF), the survey ‘Young workers: attitudes to work, unions and society’ is published. The survey was launched at the beginning of 2019 and over 1000 youngsters from across Europe answered the…
Le 7 Mai à Cosmopolis, 18h30 – Nantes Avec Anna Colombo (conseillère du groupe S&D au Parlement), Gilbert Lieben (FGTB), Pablo Sanchez Centellas (Epsu) Modération assurée par Arnauld Leclerc En vue des élections européennes, confrontation des propositions pour avancer vers une Europe sociale entre responsables politiques européens et responsables syndicaux européens. Organisé par EuropAgora dans le…
Décrétée dans la soirée du 12 février par les trois grands syndicats du pays, la Belgique est momentanément paralysée par une grève générale qui doit durer jusqu’à mercredi soir. Avions, trains, entreprises et administrations sont touchés dans tout le pays, déjà déstabilisé par une crise politique depuis décembre. « Le ciel de Belgique est vide » « Pas…
The new year started with the news that the UK based company Carillion, a major provider of public services had collapsed. Thousands of workers face the loss of their jobs and the government had to step in to keep public services running. A sad example but one that underlines our demands that public services should…
Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, Our Greek colleagues of Adedy will be on a 24h strike on Thursday 24 November. They are protesting the new measures to impose more flexibility and flexible contracts on civil servants. For more information please:www.epsu.org/article/solidarity-greek-civil-servants-general-strike-24-november Our colleagues appreciate your message of support in English or your language: Adedy adedyed@adedy.gr Thanks for…
European Federation of Public Service Unions Dear Colleagues, We are getting in touch about our petition calling for public country-by-country tax reporting by multinationals (Public CBCR) http://www.epsu.org/a/11918, an essential tool to fight corporate tax avoidance that costs billions of Euros every year. The petition calls for EU legislation to force multinationals to publish information on each…
European Federation of Public Service Unions EPSU-ETUCE Press release – Brussels, 23 June 2015 Embargoed until 23rd June 10am On 23 June the significant value and virtues of public services are celebrated around the world. In the context reaching agreement on the Post-2015 Development Agenda including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the successor…
Le diagnostic est radical, et très bien mené. Mais dans le plan annoncé ce mercredi par Bruxelles pour lutter contre l’évasion fiscale des entreprises, les solutions proposées ne sont pas à la hauteur. Le diagnostic est précis et sans pitié. Mais les remèdes censés apporter des solutions à la situation dramatique qui est décrite sont…
