European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)

🌟 On May 12th, we celebrate #InternationalNursesDay! 🧑⚕️But celebration isn't enough. Policymakers must fulfil their promises and invest in the sector to tackle staff shortages and improve working conditions. Read our statement 👉 https://bit.ly/3Wwhvf8

Europe's workers deserve a strong, evidence-based #EuropeanWorksCouncil Directive. 📝Our statement with CES - ETUC and fellow ETUFs calls on policymakers to listen to the facts - and give #EWCs the rights they deserve. Check it out 👉 https://bit.ly/3UE9geK European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) industriAll EuropeUNI Europa European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) European Transport Workers' Federation

🚒 On International Firefighters' Day, we stand with firefighters! From forest fires to floods, earthquakes and other disasters - they are always on the front line to help us. 📣It's time to help them too! #Firefighters need more investment & more staff - not austerity! Read our statement here👇🏾

✊🏾 #LabourDay – Workers’ Struggle in #Istanbul! Police used tear gas & rubber bullets at the #1Mayıs march. EPSU General Secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan was there with our affiliates. Read here👇🏾

On 2 May 1933, the Nazis stormed trade union buildings throughout #Germany & abolished them. 👉🏾#Fascism is not merely a bitter memory of the past. We must combat its new forms. 📣In this #EuropeanElections2024, let's repel the far-right threat. #NieWiederFaschismus

📢 Hot off the press! Our latest EPSU newsletter is here, just in time for #InternationalWorkersDay! Get the scoop on: ✉️ #LabourDay message from EPSU's President 💼 Austerity back on the table 🌍 Future of #Ukraine Check it out 👉 https://bit.ly/3wgQwd2

Austerity threatens firefighters - protect their lives! 🔥 This Workers' Memorial Day #IWMD24, we honour the brave firefighters who risk their lives every day. In addition to daily exposure to carcinogenic substances like #asbestos and PFAS, they also have to face climate-related disasters like forest fires and floods. We have to protect them. #Austerity threatens their safety and puts both firefighters and communities at risk. We stand in #solidarity and call for more staff & public funding to protect those who protect us. Help #firefighters to help others!

📣 New publication alert! ✂️ Check our new case study on #WorkingTimeReduction - this month's spotlight: #Spain 🇪🇸 and #Portugal 🇵🇹. 🇪🇸 In Spain, #publicsector workers negotiate reduced working time amid legal and economic challenges. ◾️After the government introduced 37,5 hours minimum working week in 2012, unions took to the streets - from #protests to negotiations, relentless efforts paid off, and by 2023, several regions had successfully reintroduced the 35-hour week through negotiations - more regions following. 🇵🇹 Portugal's public sector faces challenges but sees rapid progress in restoring the 35-hour week. ◾️In 2013, legislation increased normal working hours for public sector workers from 35 to 40 hours per week. The unions fought back and the new legislation reinstated the 35-hour working week in the public sector in 2016, marking a monumental victory for labour rights in the country. Wanna read the briefing? Click here and find all the case studies including 🇦🇹🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪🇩🇰🇫🇮🇪🇸🇵🇹!

📣 #Austerity is back on the table: Fightback is the only solution! #EuropeanParliament adopted the new #economic governance rules. EPSU General Secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan said, "Many countries will have to cut the number of nurses, firefighters, care workers, tax inspectors & more while public services are already suffering from staff shortages." For sure, it's not going to help #Europe. We'll keep fighting for jobs & #publicservices. Read our press release here👇🏾

👉🏾This is the last warning before today's vote in the #EuropeanParliament: #Austerity fuels far-right. Past cuts to public services and social safety nets have fueled the rise of #farright. Let's learn from history – say no to austerity.