Three years after the expiring of the old agreement the trade unions in the insurance branch reached an agreement with the employers’ organisation Ania. The draft agreement that has to be balloted among the membership concerns 48,000 employees and will applies until 31 December 2019. The agreement includes a 5% pay increase (on average 103 euro), but also has a substantial retroactive effect. Workers will receive, for the period 01 July 2013 and 31 December 2014 a gross payment of 400 euro to be paid by 30 May. For the period between 01 January 2015 to 31 March 2017 workers receive an additional gross payment of 720 euro.
The joint pamphlet (in Italian): http://www.firstcisl.it/nazionale/documenti/finalmente ...
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The negotiations between the representatives of trade unions and management of Žilina-based Kia Motors Slovakia have not resulted in an agreement on salary raises. The trade unions said there is a deadlock in the negotiations and threatened protest actions, including a strike. The trade unionists associated in OZ KOVO have asked for increasing wages of some 3,600 permanent manual workers by 10 percent, while the salaries in administration should rise by 7 percent. They also want additional payment for night shifts to increase by €0.26 per hour.
English: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20466045/kia-negotiations-stuck ...
The European Commission’s Spain 2017 Report praises economic progress, but is very critical about several social indicators. The report warns that the recovery is not automatically reflected in improved social indicators. Economic achievements have resulted in minimal drops in poverty and social exclusion rates. The levels of inequality, poverty and social exclusion are ‘among the highest in the EU. The conclusions mirror similar studies by other international observers. According to the report, 13.1% of workers are at risk of slipping into poverty. Inequality was already an issue before the crisis, and it continues to be so now. The gap between the wealthiest 20% and the poorest 20% is one of the biggest in the EU.
English: http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/02/22/inenglish ...
The country report: https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/2017-european-semester ...
The Acropolis and other ancient sites are closed to the public after state guards called a 24-hour strike over a pay and contract dispute with the government. The trade union representing the striking workers is seeking additional staff and overtime pay. The striking workers want more staff and overtime pay. The union said it hoped the dispute would be resolved by the Easter holidays and the peak of the tourist season.
English: http://www.euronews.com/2017/02/21/greek-strike-shuts-down-acropolis
The campaign ‘Europe needs a pay rise – It’s time for our recovery’ was launched in an event in Brussels on 14 and 15 February 2017. ETUC General Secretary, Luca Visentini in his opening speech said: ‘Collective bargaining is the foundation of efficient social dialogue and democracy at work. It is the fundamental tool to make sure wage increases benefit labour and the economy’. He claimed that over recent years there has been a systematic dismantling of collective bargaining in most EU countries. Panellists from employers’ organisations admitted that bolstering collective bargaining has an important role to play in deepening and sustaining Europe’s economic recovery.
Dossier (in English): https://www.etuc.org/issues/pay-rise
Dossier (in French): https://www.etuc.org/fr/issues/pay-rise
Trade union representatives and the Volkswagen management have reopened talks about future restructuring. A spokesperson of the works council said that representatives are in constructive talks with top management on the open questions regarding the future pact, dealing with issues like overtime work, efficiency gains and the influx of apprenticeships. Earlier on the trade unions argued that the chief executive, who established a reputation for cutting costs at BMW, sought to cut temporary workers more quickly and deeply than agreed in November 2016.
English: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/international/vw-unions ...
While unemployment has fallen by three points in two years, new jobs are mainly part time or temporary. According to the Labour Ministry, over 22% of workers are employed half-time or part-time and earn less than €400 gross per month. The Ministry is in negotiation with the country’s creditors (European Central Bank, EU, and International Monetary Fund) to release a tranche of the €86 billion. After making pressure on the government to increase VAT on food and on the hotel industry, adopt a pensions reform, and increase sickness insurance contributions, the creditors are demanding a law to facilitate collective dismissals and allow employers to temporarily close down their enterprise following an industrial dispute. The trade unions have been organising rallies and demonstrations for several months, and complain of the government’s failure to consult on these issues. Meanwhile, thousands of people gathered in central Athens to protest against this latest round of austerity measures as the parties agreed to resume talks on new reforms.
English: http://www.euronews.com/2017/02/21/thousands-gather ...
https://www.equaltimes.org/greek-workers-face-ever-more ...
Serbia and Slovakia have signed agreements concerning social issues that could be expanded in order to encompass cooperation and exchange information between their labour inspectorates. The decision comes in the wake of a recent report by a Serbian journalist who worked incognito for three months in allegedly dire conditions at the Samsung plant in Galanta (Slovakia). The reporter claimed that he had worked along with many other illegal Serbian workers at Samsung in Galanta without a proper work permit in what he called slave-like conditions and for a woeful salary. According to the labour ministry, there could be hundreds of Serbian nationals employed illegally in Slovakia.
English: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20465004/inspectors-to-focus ...
According to officials of the statistics of the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (ÚPSVaR), unemployment rate keeps decreasing due to the positive development of the country’s economy. Unemployment continued to decrease in January 2017. The registered unemployment rate stood at 8.64% in January, down by 0.12 percentage month-on-month and by 1.75 percentage points year-on-year. Wage data over 2016 indicate that the IT and communication sector has the highest wage level, followed by utilities.
English: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20464095/unemployment-rate-keeps-decreasing ...
http://statdat.statistics.sk/cognosext ...
Dock workers have called nine days of strikes to protest government plans to allow ports to hire non-unionised labour, threatening to disrupt trade for up to three weeks from 6 March 2017. Dockers called off a planned three-day strike after the government said it would put its reforms on hold and open talks, but the decision to push ahead with a bigger strike came after the government signalled it would not change parts of the planned legislation on liberalisation of the sector. The legislation would allow companies operating in ports to hire staff that do not belong to unions, a move unpopular with union members but which would bring Spain in line with European Union regulations.
English: http://www.idcdockworkers.org/es/
http://www.itfglobal.org/en/news-events/press-releases ...
http://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/spanish-dockers-call-strike ...