Uber will shut down its operation following the introduction of new taxi laws. As has happened elsewhere in Europe, taxi driver unions, cab operators and politicians have argued that Uber does not comply with the legal standards for established taxi firms and its service represents unfair competition. Prosecutors accused the company of operating an illegal taxi service, indicting it on charges of assisting its drivers – two of whom have also been fined – in breaking applicable national taxi laws. Trade unions stated that Uber knew from the start of its operations in 2014 that its business model was illegal under the country’s existing laws.
English: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/28/uber-to-shut-down ...
http://www.itfglobal.org/en/news-events/news/2017/march/itf-and-unions-cheer ...
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Ferry workers started a partial strike action that affected the Tagus River ferry crossings. The action was staged in protest to problems with the boats and as a method to put pressure on the reviewing of the Company Agreement. The adherence to the strike was of around 90 percent.
English: http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/partial-strike-action-will-continue ...
The government and the trade unions (CSIF, UGT and CC OO) have signed an agreement to reduce precariousness in public employment. The public authorities will organise several calls to cover 250,000 permanent positions in the public services for the next three years. The aim of this process is to transform temporary workers into permanent civil servants. The agreement also includes an increase in the replacement rate - the number of substitutions for each retirement - to 100% in essential services.
Spanish: http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2017/03/29/actualidad ...
A Turku University professor stated that a degree is no guarantee for work, and high living costs aggravate the situation further. Especially millennials continue to struggle. Statistics Finland reports that more than one in four 18–24-year-olds are poor, or have low income. Poverty among young adults aged 25-34 has increased the most out of all age groups, by 17 percent compared with pensioners between 2008 and 2015. A third of these are students, another third unemployed.
English: http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/millennial_poverty_on_the_rise ...
Trade union Ver.di has agreed a three-year pay deal for its 2,000 workers at Berlin's airports, ending the threat of further strikes after industrial action caused the cancellation of some 2,000 flights in recent weeks. Trade union Ver.di had asked for an increase in pay for ground staff to 12 euro an hour from about 11 euros as part of a one-year collective agreement. Management first offered about 10 cents more an hour over four years and then improved that offer to an 8 percent increase over three years. The pay deal, achieved after mediation, envisages a 14 percent rise over three years in several steps, and an increase in the hourly wage as well as improvements in workers' contracts, Verdi said in a statement.
English: http://www.novinite.com/view_news ...
http://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/berlin-airport-strikes-660-flights-cancelled ...
Workers of the second-biggest carmaker in the Republic, Huyndai, will get a pay rise of around 12 percent, a company’s spokesman announced. The deal is part of a collective agreement signed by the trade unions and representatives of the company’s management. In 2016, blue collar workers in Hyundai made on average 34,500 crowns (1276 euro). The average wage in the Moravian-Silesian region, where the plant is located, was around 25,200 crowns in 2016.
English: http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/czech-hyundai-workers-to-get-12-percent ...
Representatives from ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) trade unions committed to continued dialogue with AP Møller-Mærsk at the company’s AGM. The delegation informed the AGM of research that has been carried out amongst ITF affiliates worldwide on AP Moller Maersk corporate social responsibility policies. The research covered transport workers employed on ships, tugs and in ports. The research found that in many Maersk workplaces positive dialogue and industrial relations exist. However, there are still serious challenges in certain areas, in particular with regards to union recognition, and work is therefore needed to share best practice around all the regions of the world.
English: http://www.itfglobal.org/en/news-events/press-releases/2017/march/itf-delivers ...
The negotiators in the hairdressers’ branch came to an agreement. The deal includes a wage increase in an effort to make the sector more attractive, protection against social dumping and measures to prevent bogus self-employment. Trade union Unia organised a large survey in 2016 among workers in the sector. The outcome was used in the negotiations. During the branch trade conference in March 2017, members of this sector discussed the current situation of hairdressers and hairdressers. After approval of the deal the agreement the procedure for a generally binding effect will be initiated.
German: http://www.unia.ch/de/aktuell ...
French: http://www.unia.ch/fr/actualites ...
Trade unions and the management of the carmaker Kia Motors Slovakia in Teplička nad Váhom, have agreed on an increase of tariff wages and bonuses for night shifts, bringing a week-long strike alert to an end. An appendix to the collective agreement will secure manufacturing employees a tariff monthly wage rise of €75 and an increase in the bonus for night work by €0.36 per hour. Originally, the trade unions requested a 10% rise in tariff wages for manufacturing workers and a 7% increase for administrative workers. Kia offered 5.5% for the former and 3.5% for the latter.
English: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20494104/trade-unionists-and-management-of-kia ...
The government announced an improvement of the wages of doctors. A doctor working in intensive care units will earn up to 3,600 euro per month in 2018. The labour ministry is working with specialists who have been in this field even since before 1989. According to the ministry, other wage increases in the public sector will be done gradually until 2020.
English: http://www.romania-insider.com/romanian-doctors-wages ...