{"id":4208,"date":"2019-05-23T13:07:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T12:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2023-08-23T13:54:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T12:54:53","slug":"public-service-unions-take-commission-to-court-to-enforce-social-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/public-service-unions-take-commission-to-court-to-enforce-social-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Service Unions Take Commission to Court to Enforce Social Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On 23 May the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) will be before the General Court of the European Union bringing a claim against the European Commission for breaching rules on social dialogue<\/a> (TFEU article 155.2).<\/p>\n

The action is the first time that a European trade union organisation has made a claim against the Commission on any social policy. EPSU is looking to annul an unprecedented decision by the Commission to refuse to make a proposal to Council for implementation of the central government social partners\u2019 agreement on information and consultation rights.<\/p>\n

The judgment, expected before the end of the year, will determine the ongoing rights of EU social partners on matters of labour and social law. That is why it is important for Public Service Unions to take the European Commission to court in order to enforce social dialogue.<\/p>\n

The social partners\u2019 agreement was adopted in December 2015 by EPSU, TUNED and former French minister for civil service, Ms Lebranchu, on behalf of EUPAE. It was intended to plug a long-standing gap in EU legislation on information and consultation rights, not the least on restructuring, that exclude central government workers and civil servants.<\/p>\n

At the time, the agreement was welcomed by the Commission as a \u201ccontribution to a modern and high quality public service across Europe\u201d1. Yet, a little over two years later on 5 March 2018, the Commission rejected2 the social partners\u2019 request to transpose the collective agreement into EU legislation.<\/p>\n

The unprecedented decision by the College of Commissioners, completely undermines the November 2017 European Pillar of Social Rights, which reaffirmed the right for all workers to have a say on matters of direct concern to them at work.<\/p>\n

The decision:<\/p>\n