Public procurement directive: Employees • Table.Briefings

Trade unions from nine countries have mobilized service employees to Brussels to put pressure on the new Commission.

Several hundred employees from the service sector have demonstrated in Brussels in favor of a collective bargaining regulation in the EU Public Procurement Directive. Among them were service workers who work in European institutions via outsourced service providers.

Trade unions are increasing the pressure on the new Commission regarding the social reform of the Public Procurement Directive. Several hundred employees from nine different countries demonstrated in Brussels on Tuesday for better working conditions in public sector jobs. „The Public Procurement Directive must make it clear that collective agreements can be taken as a prerequisite for awarding contracts in public tenders„, said Oliver Roethig, Regional Secretary of the European services union Uni Europa, at Tuesday’s Table.Briefings. So far, there have been uncertainties in this regard, especially in smaller cities and municipalities.

Public procurement directive: Employees demonstrate for collective bargaining clause

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