EU : European Public Services Union (EPSU) holds fifth annual collective bargaining conference

Participants from 24 countries discuss trade union rights, young workers' specific problems, older workers, work-life balance and workers' migration. (Ref. 061231)
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Within the framework of the coba (coordination of collective bargaining between affiliated trade unions), some 100 participants gathered in Brussels on November 30th and December 1st for the fifth EPSU conference on collective bargaining and social dialogue. Here are the main issues that were discussed during the conference:

  • young and older workers : Delegates agreed that it was necessary to “identify the key elements of a collective bargaining policy that could tackle some of the problems f
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