#PublicServicesEmergency
Students, teachers and joined by public service workers are organising day of action 6 October to protest against #publicservicesemergency in education and fighting #austerity

Lack of staff, lack of resources
#solidarity

@epsu.bsky.social
France braces for national day of school protests as boy loses hand
Thousands expected to join marches of support on Tuesday across the country as concerns grow over police response
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2026 at 1:54 AM
More than 100,000 public service workers in Ireland are taking action from today! ✊

From health to local government, workers are standing up for fair pay and strong public services.

Solidarity with INMO, SIPTU, Fórsa and all those fighting the #PublicServicesEmergency!
September 30, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Day 2 of our Local and Regional Government Pan-European Conference starts with #solidarity. ✊

From Sarajevo, LRG unions from across Europe stand with workers fighting back against the #PublicServicesEmergency services emergency - including workers taking to the streets across France today.
September 29, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Workers all across Europe are fighting back against the #PublicServicesEmergency - find out more in the latest edition of EPSU's Collective Bargaining newsletter 🔗👇 www.epsu.org/epsucob/sept...
September 2026 EPSU Collective Bargaining Newsletter No. 14
www.epsu.org
September 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
🍂 Autumn action is building across Europe!

Ireland: national strike planned for 14 Oct.
Belgium: unions mobilise against austerity.
Spain: care, health, education and public-service workers prepare strikes and protests.

Workers are taking action against the #PublicServicesEmergency!
September 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
#Solidarity with energy workers mobilising across France tomorrow, along with workers in health, social services, labour inspectors and other public service workers taking action for decent pay, staffing and resources. ✊

It's time to fight back against the #PublicServicesEmergency!
September 14, 2026 at 2:29 PM
😍 What a day at #Manifiesta2026!

✊🏾Trade union leaders from across Europe came together to discuss how we fight austerity and address the #PublicServicesEmergency in EPSU debate.

#Solidarity is the only way to end the corporate capture, and... make public services public again!
September 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
⏰ #ManiFiesta is TOMORROW.

Cuts to public services aren’t inevitable. Neither is privatisation.

On 12 September, join trade unionists from across Europe in Oostende to talk about how we fight the #PublicServicesEmergency - and win.

📍 Union Village, 13:00

🔗 manifiesta.be/fr/line-up/u...
September 11, 2026 at 9:44 AM
EPSU turns 48 this month - and we’re celebrating on the streets. ✊

We're in the Hague with FNV members fighting cuts to public services and social protection. Workers are saying: we’re not paying the bill!

This is how we fight the #PublicServicesEmergency!
September 8, 2026 at 11:04 AM
🍂 September is starting with workers taking action! Including:

Ireland: huge votes for industrial action
France: national strikes and mobilisation on 29 Sept
UK: workers striking over pay and conditions

The fight against the #PublicServicesEmergency continues!
September 4, 2026 at 8:58 AM
⏰ 10 days to #ManiFiesta!

Cuts to public services aren’t inevitable. Neither is privatisation.

On 12 September, join trade unionists from across Europe in Oostende to talk about how we fight the #PublicServicesEmergency - and win.

📍 Union Village, 13:00

🔗 manifiesta.be/fr/line-up/u...
September 2, 2026 at 8:37 AM
📆🖊️Save the date: 29 September!

Public service unions across France are preparing a national mobilisation over pay and working conditions.

Low pay and staff shortages are fuelling the #PublicServicesEmergency - full #solidarity with workers fighting back! ✊

More 👇 www.cgt.fr/actualites/f...
Fonction publique : appel à la grève le 29 septembre
Celles et ceux qui gouvernent, dans l'illégitimité la plus totale, ne cessent de détruire les services publics, la fonction publique, les agent·es publics. Dans les trois versants de la fonction publi...
www.cgt.fr
August 26, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Workers in Children detention campus Oberstown [ ireland] stop working today and again on 31st. Despite weeks of action employer does not engage on staffing, workloads and stress

Demands of union across Europe #publicservicesemergency

#solidarity to @forsatradeunion.bsky.social
@epsu.bsky.social
Oberstown to escalate action to 48-hour strike - Forsa
Fórsa has served notice of a 48-hour work stoppage by members working at Oberstown Children Detention Campus, in an escalation of the ongoing industrial action over resourcing and safe staffing. The s...
www.forsa.ie
August 26, 2026 at 5:22 AM
🚨From the fire line to the picket line!

Firefighters strike in France and Spain. Tax workers prepare action in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Care and council workers walk out in the UK.

Workers are fighting back against the #PublicServicesEmergency!

More stories in our #CollectiveBargaining newsletter 👇
August 20, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Researchers @wwattribution.bsky.social detail how extreme heat leads to rising sea temperatures, impacts on marine life, costal economies

Climate change, just transition as part of preparedness/ resilience, not austerity/ deregulation, need higher priority in EU to address #publicservicesemergency
Climate change is driving unprecedented European ocean temperatures, with severe impacts for marine life – World Weather Attribution
www.worldweatherattribution.org
August 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM
People and Planet Before Profits

Taxing profits oil companies to fund a just enery transition

Via @eeb.org

@epsu.bsky.social agrees

Priorities @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu Comm must change

Away from deregulation, corporations, greed of rich towards #publicservicesemergency in nature and society
💸 Looking for money to fund Europe’s energy transition?

Have you tried taxing the €7.5 billion in excess profits made by just 8 oil companies in Europe in 2026?

Tax the windfalls. Invest the revenues in making people free from fossil fuels.

Source: www.transportenvironment.org/articles/oil...
August 18, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Belgium is facing its largest wildfire in more than a century.

Yet firefighter numbers are falling.

As climate risks grow, how are firefighters supposed to protect us with fewer colleagues?

This is the #PublicServicesEmergency.

Invest. Hire. Protect the workers who protect us.
August 18, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Young workers aren’t the future - we’re already keeping Europe’s public services running.

And we’re entering workplaces hit by staff shortages, low pay and years of cuts.

We won’t inherit the #PublicServicesEmergency quietly. ✊

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August 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
🌡️ The heat is on.

Polish unions defend 8.82% healthcare pay rise. Croatian prison workers demand action on unsafe staffing. OECD figures point to 70+ retirement in several countries.

Unions are fighting the #PublicServicesEmergency!

Latest Collective Bargaining News 👇 www.epsu.org/epsucob/augu...
August 14, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Fire fighting unions in France announce "Column de la Revolte" 26-27-28 September And 29th national public service #strike

Europe's public service workers are mobilising as governments and @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu fail to address #publicservicesemergency

@epsu.bsky.social supports them all
August 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
🕯️ At least 4⃣ firefighters died in France while responding to wildfires
🔥 More than one million hectares have burned across the EU
✂️ Yet amidst this #PublicServicesEmergency, France has cut 4,100 firefighters!

Enough is enough!

🇫🇷 #Solidarity with firefighters on strike in France today!
August 13, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Young workers are keeping hospitals running, caring for people, cleaning streets, tackling emergencies...

But they wonder if their wages will even cover the rent.

We will not inherit the #PublicServicesEmergency quietly.

We’re here to organise, bargain & fight.

✊🏾 Happy International #YouthDay!
August 12, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Reacting to the forest fires in France and elsewhere, energy trade union @cgt.fr states:

- defending and investing in public services our only chance for addressing climate change

Deregulation and austerity will make matters worse

#publicservicesemergency

@epsu.bsky.social
@etuc-ces.bsky.social
CRISE CLIMATIQUE : LES SERVICES PUBLICS, NOTRE SEUL REMPART - FNME
fnme-cgt.fr
August 5, 2026 at 8:38 AM
📸 @labourstart.bsky.social’s Photo of the Week: healthcare workers on strike in Bucharest!

They work nights, weekends and holidays. Now proposed “reforms” would cut the payments that recognise it.

EPSU stands with SANITAS against this #PublicServicesEmergency! ✊
August 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
🚨🗨️“We simply cannot cope any longer.”

SANITAS Vice-President Răzvan Gae warns that understaffing, burnout and dangerous conditions are putting healthcare workers - and patients - at risk.

Ignoring workers and cutting allowances will deepen the #PublicServicesEmergency.

EPSU stands with SANITAS. ✊
July 29, 2026 at 12:32 PM