Rosa Pavanelli

Rosa Pavanelli is general secretary of Public Services International (PSI) and chair of the Council of Global Unions.

Rosa Pavanelli

Covid-19 didn’t cause the care crisis—privatisation did

Rosa Pavanelli 8th March 2022

The scandal of Europe’s biggest eldercare operator highlights how a public good has been turned into a private asset class.

Tax abuse—it’s costing the earth

Rosa Pavanelli 16th November 2021

The world’s health workforce could be vaccinated in 36 hours if the pandemic of tax abuse were ended.

Public services and the common good

Rosa Pavanelli and Magdalena Sepúlveda 23rd June 2021

In these authoritarian times, defending and re-empowering public services is also defending democracy.

Europe failing its solidarity test

Rosa Pavanelli 25th May 2021

By blocking Covid-19 vaccine patent waivers, the EU is damaging its reputation and holding the world back.

Why should governments give cash-handouts before providing free, quality public services to all?

Rosa Pavanelli 6th June 2019

Universal Basic Income without quality public services is a neoliberal paradise.

Women under austerity—a frontal attack

Rosa Pavanelli 14th March 2019

Women are disproportionately dependent on public services. They can’t afford austerity and it’s time that governments recognised this. Austerity. From the left to the right, governments have only that one word on their lips. The European Parliament elections are approaching in May and there are fears everywhere that the tidal wave of extreme right-wing movements […]

Towards a new Minimum Wage Policy in Germany and Europe: WSI minimum wage report 2022

The past year has seen a much higher political profile for the issue of minimum wages, not only in Germany, which has seen fresh initiatives to tackle low pay, but also in those many other countries in Europe that have embarked on substantial and sustained increases in statutory minimum wages. One key benchmark in determining what should count as an adequate minimum wage is the threshold of 60 per cent of the median wage, a ratio that has also played a role in the European Commission's proposals for an EU-level policy on minimum wages. This year's WSI Minimum Wage Report highlights the feasibility of achieving minimum wages that meet this criterion, given the political will. And with an increase to 12 euro per hour planned for autumn 2022, Germany might now find itself promoted from laggard to minimum-wage trailblazer.

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Bilan social / Social policy in the EU: state of play 2021 and perspectives

The new edition of the Bilan social 2021, co-produced by the European Social Observatory (OSE) and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), reveals that while EU social policy-making took a blow in 2020, 2021 was guided by the re-emerging social aspirations of the European Commission and the launch of several important initiatives. Against the background of Covid-19, climate change and the debate on the future of Europe, the French presidency of the Council of the EU and the von der Leyen commission must now be closely scrutinised by EU citizens and social stakeholders.

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Living and working in Europe 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic continued to be a defining force in 2021, and Eurofound continued its work of examining and recording the many and diverse impacts across the EU. Living and working in Europe 2021 provides a snapshot of the changes to employment, work and living conditions in Europe. It also summarises the agency’s findings on issues such as gender equality in employment, wealth inequality and labour shortages. These will have a significant bearing on recovery from the pandemic, resilience in the face of the war in Ukraine and a successful transition to a green and digital future.

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EU Care Atlas: a new interactive data map showing how care deficits affect the gender earnings gap in the EU

Browse through the EU Care Atlas, a new interactive data map to help uncover what the statistics are often hiding: how care deficits directly feed into the gender earnings gap.

While attention is often focused on the gender pay gap (13%), the EU Care Atlas brings to light the more worrisome and complex picture of women’s economic inequalities. The pay gap is just one of three main elements that explain the overall earnings gap, which is estimated at 36.7%. The EU Care Atlas illustrates the urgent need to look beyond the pay gap and understand the interplay between the overall earnings gap and care imbalances.

BROWSE THROUGH THE MAP