CESI has issued a consultation response to targeted consultation by the European Commission for an application report on the functioning of the EU cross-border parcel delivery services regulation 2018/644. In the contribution, CESI flagged the social dumping and the increasinlgy problematic employment and working conditions in the sector, which European regulation has contributed to.

In view of the unfolding Covid pandemic, which has put local, regional, national and European administrations and public services in severe strain, the European social partners of central government administrations, Eupae (European Public Administration Employers), EPSU (European Federation of Public Service Unions) and CESI (European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions) have called in a joint statement on policy makers to invest more in state sector personnel, in order to increase the reslience of public administrations to deliver adequate and functioning public services also in times of crises.

The World Health Organisation dedicates this year’s World Patient Safety Day to celebrate and recognize all the efforts and hard work that health care workers have gone through the global pandemic. In this light, their slogan for this year is “Speak up for health worker safety!”.