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(5 October 2015)
The ETUC Congress gave firm backing to EPSU’s demand that the details of
all public contracts should be made public to allow for proper scrutiny.
Public Procurement represents some 18 % of EU GDP and it is important
that this money is well spent to provide quality goods and (...)
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(2 October 2015)
European Works Council’s Representatives from Finland, France, Germany,
Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Sweden, the United
Kingdom and Spain met for the 5th time on 24 September to further discuss
the transposition of the Gdf-Suez European Group Agreement on (...)
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Press Release
–Paris 1 October 2015 -Yesterday at the ETUC Congress, Europe’s trade
union leaders took a clear stance on corporate taxation in the EU. Trade
unions reaffirmed the need to stop the downward trend of progressive
taxation on corporate profits and the upward trend of regressive
tax (...)
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(29 September
2015) The Special Committee on tax rulings and other similar measures
(TAXE) met on 22nd September 2015 and had a first exchange of views with
Pierre Gramenga, the Finance Minister of Luxembourg, on behalf of the
Council, as LU holds the rotating presidency of the EU, and
then (...)
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Ahead of the
upcoming COP21, EPSU successfully agreed a joint position with the social
partners – IndustriAll (for the Unions) and Eurelectric (representing
employers) – which committed to and further stressed the need for a Just
Transition. The statement – which was announced at the
official (...)
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(Press Release –
22 September 2015) Today, the French, Italian, German and Spanish Finance
ministers will be grilled by the European Parliament’s Special Committee
on Tax Rulings (TAXE) on growing evidence of widespread tax avoidance by
major multinational corporations. The Committee is pushing (...)
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(18 September
2015) Please find below the latest update from EPSU that focuses on trade
and public services. This edition focuses on developments regarding CETA,
TTIP and TiSA. Also below is an updated EPSU briefing countering the
assurances given regarding the protection of public services. (...)
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(18 September
2015) EPSU joined over 250 union leaders from across the world in
demanding a just transition at the recent Trade Union Climate Submit in
Paris. These calls were echoed by a broad alliance consisting of leading
UN climate experts, environmental groups and most prominently
the (...)
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EU Response to
the Refugee Crisis Deeply Disappointing – 15 September 2015 - Public
Services International, a global trade union federation representing 20
million public service workers across the globe, along with its sister
federation, the European Federation of Public Service Unions, (...)
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(16 September
2015) Thousands of Finnish workers are set to join a major demonstration
this Friday (18 September) in protest at government plans to cut holiday
entitlement, sick leave and overtime pay. All three Finnish trade union
confederations are mobilising for the action. Unions are not (...)
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EPSU/PSI
statement to leaders of the EU and Western Balkans on the refugee crisis.
(Brussels, 11 September 2015) At the occasion of the Extraordinary EU
Justice and Interior affairs Council on 14 September, we, the European
Public Service Unions, representing 8 million public service
workers (...)
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(10 September
2015) EPSU affiliates in Lithuania will be joining other trade unions
today in a major protest against proposed changes to the labour code.
Under the banner "No to slavery at work", trade unions will be
raising their voices against radical reforms that will undermine many
basic (...)
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