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Jan Willem Goudriaan

Jan Willem Goudriaan has been general secretary of the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) since 2014.

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Fostering public research or boosting Big Tech?

Jan Willem Goudriaan 21st September 2023

The European Health Data Space should serve patients and healthcare workers, not private profit.

European social dialogue for Europe’s social services

Jan Willem Goudriaan 13th July 2023

An EU committee for social dialogue in social services is a gain for the sector and an advance for the process.

Public services key to a Europe ‘beyond growth’

Jan Willem Goudriaan 23rd June 2023

Europe must reject a return to austerity and support the workers who promote social wellbeing.

EU funds need stronger social conditionality

Jan Willem Goudriaan 11th May 2023

The rules for allocation of EU funds should be more transparent and provide a meaningful role for the social partners.

EPC: an idea whose time has not come

Jan Willem Goudriaan 9th January 2023

The European Political Community will be a distraction, at best, in the institutional architecture of the continent.

Health and care workers have had enough

Jan Willem Goudriaan 9th December 2022

Workers from across Europe descended on Brussels to demand adequate investment in health and social care.

Who cares for the carers?

Jan Willem Goudriaan 8th September 2022

The European Care Strategy is a step in the right direction but care workers need more.

Public pensions push profit over care

Jan Willem Goudriaan 25th April 2022

The forthcoming European Care Strategy must seek to return long-term care to public control.

International Public Service Day—a day of celebration, action and resistance

Jan Willem Goudriaan 23rd June 2021

Strong public administrations and well-funded public services are needed to ‘build back better’ after the pandemic.

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WSI European Collective Bargaining Report 2022 / 2023

With real wages falling by 4 per cent in 2022, workers in the European Union suffered an unprecedented loss in purchasing power. The reason for this was the rapid increase in consumer prices, behind which nominal wage growth fell significantly. Meanwhile, inflation is no longer driven by energy import prices, but by domestic factors. The increased profit margins of companies are a major reason for persistent inflation. In this difficult environment, trade unions are faced with the challenge of securing real wages—and companies have the responsibility of making their contribution to returning to the path of political stability by reducing excess profits.


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Eurofound Talks: housing

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