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(12 May 2015) The
UN will resume its negotiations in less than a month and we need all
trade unions to mobilise for ambitious climate policies and for a just
transition in the upcoming ITUC Global Lobby Week (1-7 june 2015). Join
and support us! Read the ITUC frontlines briefing #2 (below)
The (...)
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(12 May 2015) The
European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) is a federation of
the ETUC and comprises 8 million public service workers from over 265
trade unions. EPSU organises workers in the energy, water and waste
sectors, health and social services and local and national (...)
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(11 May 2015) The
Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) has
sent today an open letter to the European Commission Vice President
(Frans Timmermans) asking to create an EU lobby transparency register fit
for purpose, the current voluntary scheme has proven not (...)
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(8 May 2015)
After weeks of negotiations with the municipal employers who refused to
come forward with a decent proposal that would recognise the skills,
qualifications and value of the work of childcare workers, EPSU affiliate
Ver.di started a ballot amongst its members to explore if they
were (...)
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(7 May 2015) EPSU
participated in a conference organized on 4 May by Belgium civil society
organizations to join forces and discuss the major threats our democracy
and European standards face by TTIP, CETA and other possible trade
agreements. Trade unions, consumer protection, small
employers’, (...)
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(Joint press
release, Brussels, 05 May 2015) – What role can ethical recruitment play
for fair distribution of health workers? and, what role has Europe in
ensuring that freedom of movement of health workers in the Single Market
does not translate into unequitable access to health services
in (...)
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(5 May 2015) The
four representatives of EPSU, ETUC, Industriall and Uni-Europa met on 4th
of May to discuss the impact of digitalization on private and public
services and manufacturing and employment, and the workers perspective of
digitalization. This meeting was organized in advance of the (...)
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EPSU will use
Global Public Services Day Tuesday 23 June to draw attention to the
impact of the trade agreements CETA and the negotiations on TTIP and TISA
on public services. This was decided by the 50th EPSU Executive
Committee. Affiliated unions are requested to seek publicity for
our (...)
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Editorial
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(13 May 2015) I am listening to a new version of Curtis
Mayfield’s “People Get Ready, A Train Is Coming”. Singer Ciara Sidine
has released it to support the referendum for marriage equality (or
same sex marriage) in Ireland on 22 May. The song is full of
aspiration and hope. And that is the defiant reaction of UK public
service union leaders to the new Conservative government in the UK, a
government which even includes an equalities minister which has been
openly against same sex marriage. We have the aspiration to change
and fight for another society read
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