Dubai Ports, which is in charge of the general cargo business at the Limassol port, submitted a new proposal in an attempt to resolve the labour dispute with the stacker members of the trade unions SEK and PEO. The port cargo staff will vote on whether they will accept the company’s improved proposal made during a meeting at the Ministry of Transport.
English: http://cyprusbusinessmail.com/?p=43161
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Postal workers in Athens have called rolling 24-hour strikes from 4-5 April 2017 in protest at the management decisions regarding delivery services. The Hellenic Postal Service (ELTA) workers held a rally on 4 April morning and called the strike to decry the outsourcing of delivery services to private courier companies. According to ELTA workers’ union, this decision downgrades the quality of services.
English: http://www.ekathimerini.com/217405/article/ekathimerini/news/athens-postal ...
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of a group of 42 Bangladeshi migrants in a human trafficking and forced labour case dating back to 2013, when the strawberry farm workers were shot at by their employers for demanding wages. The ECHR in the case of Chowdury and others v. Greece ruled there had been violations against the migrant workers who were subject to forced labour and not protected by the state. In this landmark ruling, the court has ordered the Greek state to pay €16,000 to each Bangladeshi national involved in the proceedings for damages sustained, plus €4,363 to the applicants to cover expenses.
English: https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2017/04/03/greek-state-ordered ...
The ILO, in cooperation with the European Commission, presented on 30 March 2017 a book on the evolution of social dialogue in various EU Member States in the post-crisis period. The book brings together country case studies from eleven EU Member States, which document emerging trends in national social dialogue, focusing on developments since 2013. The authors shed light on the many factors that have influenced recent social dialogue and industrial relations developments, including the national economic and political context, the effectiveness of bipartite and tripartite institutions, and collective bargaining.
English summary: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public ...
French summary: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public ...
Spanish summary: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public ...
The report (English): http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public ...
The employer associations and the General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE), the country's largest umbrella trade union organisation, reached agreement on a new national general collective labour agreement for 2017. They agreed on the need to sign a general collective agreement with the same terms as those in previous years, both to protect the rights arising from these and ensure the continued existence of a minimum legal framework for low-paid private-sector workers. All terms introduced by the former collective agreements will continue to apply, i.e. the provisions on the three-year wage maturation periods, the marriage allowance, the Christmas and Easter allowance, the terms on motherhood, fatherhood and one-parent family protection, including all terms that are meant to protect working parents. The provisions on the 40-hour work will continue to apply, along with the provisions on vulnerable workers. The agreement also includes clauses concerning health and safety at work, undeclared employment, and discrimination, racism and intolerance.
English: http://int.ert.gr/new-national-general-collective-agreement-signed/
http://www.amna.gr/english/article/17769/Greek-employers--trade-unions-agree ...
After the failed coup attempt on 15 July 2016, the country has been in a continuing state of emergency with limitations and restrictions on fundamental rights. A joint union meeting with around 50 union leaders came just before the constitutional referendum to be held on 16 April, proposing a change from a parliamentarian to a presidential system. The government continues to postpone strikes in the metal, glass, mining and rubber industries. Through a decree, it has added, ‘breaking economic and financial stability’ as another argument for banning strikes. A strike at one of the private banks was banned for this reason. The participants stressed that specific attention must be devoted to respect for and full enforcement of trade union rights, including freedom of association, the right to strike and collective bargaining.
English: http://www.itfglobal.org/en/news-events/news/2017/march/pressure-builds ...
The triggering of Article 50, the start of two years of negotiations about leaving the EU, has led to an enormous press coverage. In a blog, the question is raised what the real agenda is for unions and working people in what appears to be merely an act of political theatre. The trade union confederation TUC, commented on the draft guidelines published by the Council of the European Union on the EU’s principles and approach to the negotiations. According to the TUC the type of transitional agreement option, with a prolongation of EU acquis, would provide stability, continuity and certainty for workers’ rights and trading rights within the single market until a new trade deal is reached, thereby avoiding a damaging period of high tariffs and additional bureaucracy while a new trade is being negotiated.
English: https://www.tuc.org.uk/international-issues/europe/eu-referendum/may-should ...
http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2017/03/article50-the-union-response-is-all-about-good ...
The government agreed on an increase in the salaries of the police, firefighters, customs officers and prison wardens by 10% as of July 2017. The police corps has roughly 40,000 employees and the fire corps over 9,700. The average monthly salary is about 35,000 crowns (1295 euro) in both services. The pay rise will also cover the customs and prison authorities as well as secret services.
English: http://praguemonitor.com/2017/03/30/police-officers-firefighters ...
Women actually receive around 20% lower pay as men. With the transparency legislation that was adopted in parliament, the government has formulated an information right to workers in companies about the wage policy and the applied differences between workers. The law specifies varying obligations for companies depending on the size of the workforce. With the aim to reduce the existing wage gap between men and women, the bill introduces the opportunity for workers to lodge a complaint and demand higher pay. The draft law was not received with high enthusiasm and criticism came from both sides, industry and consultants that were of the opinion that this was not necessary and trade unions that saw it as a paper tiger.
German: http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/loehne-gerechtigkeit-durch-transparenz ...
http://www.dgb.de/presse ...
https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft ...
English (older description): http://www.loc.gov/law/foreign-news/article/germany ...
Several sectoral sectors have negotiated collective agreements and the social partners have asked for a general binding effect. In most cases this is now settled (per 1 April 2017).
German: http://www.volksblatt.li/nachricht ...
Overview (in German): http://www.lanv.li/GAV/GAVinLiechtenstein ...