public services

• 07/05/2018

Unions gain a share of German economic recovery

Public sector workers and civil servants belonging to the German Ver.di trade union are celebrating a major collective bargaining breakthrough with a new pay deal offering increases of 7.5% over ...

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• 04/05/2018

Danish unions hold out for “excellent” pay deal

Unions representing some 800,000 public sector workers at state, regional and municipal level in Denmark have secured a series of new collective agreements with an overall pay rise of 8.1% over ...

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• 22/03/2018

Reclaiming workers’ rights after eight years of Spanish austerity

After months of negotiations and mobilisation, Spanish public sector unions have reached a deal with the government that will gradually restore workers’ purchasing power and repair some of the ...

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• 22/01/2018

Italian government approves pay rise for state workers

Pay rises for 270,000 Italian central government employees could already arrive in their February pay packets. The money should be available once the Court of Auditors and Accounting services ...

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• 16/10/2017

Trades Union Congress: why we are taking action

By Frances O’Grady, TUC General Secretary British workers are still taking home pay packets that are worth less than their wages before the financial crisis. They have suffered the longest pay ...

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• 19/07/2017

British workers reject ‘low-wage culture’

Resistance to the UK’s ‘low-wage culture’ is growing. According to new research from the TUC, the value of wages in the public sector has fallen by thousands of euros a year since 2010. But ...

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• 22/06/2017

Public services: how workers continue to pay for the crisis

In response to the financial crisis of 2008, governments across Europe used public money to stabilise the system and bail out the banks. Public spending also helped maintain the European economy ...

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• 22/06/2017

After 9 years of austerity, Europe’s public sector workers deserve a pay rise!

On 23 June, Public Services Day, citizens around the world acknowledge the wide range of education, health, social and other key services delivered all day and everyday by public service workers. ...

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• 21/06/2017

15% pay increase for transport workers in Hungary

Workers at Budapest’s public transport authority (BKV) have avoided strike action and obtained a new pay deal worth an extra 15% this year. The two BKV unions initially sought a 30% wage increase ...

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• 05/06/2017

Poland: effective wage bargaining in automotive and postal sectors

Sectoral collective bargaining still does not exist in the automotive industry in Poland. However, as a result of ongoing company negotiations, trade unions have been able to secure monthly wage ...

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