Protesters have gathered in a number of civil rights protests in the capital to mark the International Women’s Day. They were demanding ‘full reproductive rights’ and against the country’s strict abortion policy outside the governing conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party’s headquarters. Other demands include the implementation of an anti-gender violence convention and the improvement of the financial situation of women.
English: http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/296854,Marches-in-Poland …
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The employers’ organisation Federmecchanica produced a report on technological innovations and the consecutive changes in terms of skills. The second part describes the analysed initiatives, set up either unilaterally or jointly by social partners, aimed at developing future skills, such as continuous training, entrepreneurship education programmes, partnerships with educational institutions, promotion of school-to-work transition. With the renewal of the collective agreement, signed in November 2016, the social partners introduced an individual right to continuous training accounting for 24 hours (on a 3-year base), in order to ‘update, improve or develop knowledge and professional skills linked to technological and organizational innovation of productive and working process’.
English: http://adapt.it/Industry4EU/National_report_intro_cover_def.pdf
The negotiation results for an agreement in construction that runs from 1 February 2017 to 31 March 2018 were approved by the membership of the bargaining partners. The deal leads to a pay increase, starting 1 July 2017, with 1%. Another increase of 0.75% is foreseen for 1 January 2018. Other elements are a substantial increase of the employers’ contribution to the sickness insurance and changes in the rostering systematic. Two crucial aspects are the possibility for early retirement in arduous jobs and the shift to direct labour. Partners formulated the intention to develop a flanking policy as soon as there is a breakthrough in the national pension debate. Direct labour will be promoted as an alternative for external flexibility.
Dutch: https://www.fnvbouw.nl/actueel/nieuws/paginas/Caoakkoord_Bouw ...
The agreement (in Dutch): http://www.bouwendnederland.nl/download ...
According to a report on the number of female managers in the EU by the European Union's statistical office, Latvia came in first place with more than 50 percent women-managers, while in Bulgaria and Poland about 44 percent of managerial roles are held by women. Rounding out the top ten of 28 EU countries and all with at least 40 percent of women-managers were Ireland, Estonia, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania, France and Sweden. At the bottom of the ranking, all with less than a quarter female representation in managerial positions, were Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Belgium, Austria and Luxembourg, while the EU average was 35 percent. At the top of the pay gap between male and female managers was Romania, with just a five percent difference, followed by Slovenia (12.4%), Belgium (13.6%) and Bulgaria (15.0%).
English: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents ...
Hundreds of people gathered to support Dublin firefighters as they protested outside fire stations across the capital. The protests highlight their opposition to an attempt to break up the Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) Emergency Medical Service by removing its ambulance call and dispatch function. In a ballot on February 2017 SIPTU DFB Firefighters voted by 93% to 7% in favour of strike action and 97% to 3% in favour of industrial action.
English: http://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dublin-firefighters ...
The collective agreement reached between the telecommunications company Telia Eesti and the Estonian Communication and Service Workers' Trade Union (ESTAL) should serve as a good example of social dialogue for others to follow, the ESTAL said. Under the agreement, the employer pays all its full-time employees two times the national minimum wage.
English: http://www.baltictimes.com/estonia__union_says_telia_collective_agreement ...
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry published a country report, dedicated to the metal working sector. It can be seen as a mapping exercise of past and existing unilateral programmes, as well as social dialogue initiatives to deal with the skills mismatch arising from the digitalisation of production methods and developing the necessary technical skills. In section 4.2.3 the representative trade union of metal and electrical industry, summarises its point of view, current endeavours and future plans. According to the union, it is necessary to establish social dialogue that will protect the interests of workers in the complex framework of the meaning of decent work, while further limiting precarious forms of employment.
English: http://adapt.it/Industry4EU/Industry4EU ...
Air traffic control union UNSA has announced a four-day strike, which has delayed (or even led to cancelling) up to a third of flights in Paris and around France. Air traffic controllers working at airports in Brest, Bordeaux and Aix-en-Provence failed to agree in negotiations on working hours and other conditions. The unions criticised the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC), who wants to go from a system of six days worked every 12 days to seven every 12 days.
English: http://www.wort.lu/en/international/march-6-10-french-strike-threatens ...
Workers representatives were told during a meeting of the European Works Council of Bombardier that the Bruges plant will not be closed. However, concerns remain about serious job losses. The Bruges branch will have its headquarters in Crespin, in France. Dozens of white collar jobs are at stake. Questions also remain about the production unit after 2018, when Bombardier Bruges will be more dependent on local orders.
English: http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/videozone_ENG ...
French: http://www.lesoir.be/1452315/article/economie/2017-03-03/l-usine-bombardier ...
One constant trend on the labour market has been the continued rise of zero-hours contracts (ZHCs). Movements in the number of ZHCs became a fixture of labour market analysis since 2013 and a worry for those concerned about the quality of work. The Resolution Foundation has analysed the latest Labour Force Survey figures and reveals that the number of people on ZHCs has risen to a new high of 910,000. That’s a jump of more than 100,000 since the final three months of 2015 – an increase of 13% – and 30% higher than in Q4 2014. If that rapid growth is maintained, reaching the 1 million markers soon appears inevitable.
English: http://www.resolutionfoundation.org/media/blog/workers-on-zero-hours ...