Collective Bargaining

The gross minimum wage went up to RON 1,250 (280 euro) starting 1 May 2016, following a government decision earlier this year. About 1.1 million workers who earn the minimum wage benefit from this measure. Almost three quarters (71.5%) of the employees have monthly net salaries of less than RON 1,700 (380 euro per month), according to official data from the Labour Ministry. Moreover, 44% of the employees make less than RON 1,000 (220 euro) per month, the same statistics show. The country has serious problems to attract and keep high-skilled workers
English: http://www.romania-insider.com/gross-minimum-wage-ron-1250-romania .

An updated report dedicated to the economic developments reveals that the employment growth almost stabilised in the second half of 2015 (with a slight growth of 0.5%). However, in manufacturing employment decreased. In monetary terms the country survived from what is called the `Frankenshock' (the negative effects of the strong Swiss currency that is also the currency of the principality).
German: http://www.llv.li/files/as/konjunkturbericht-16f.pdf

The ITUC has called on the government to cease its intensified repression of trade unions, and protested at its plan to amend labour laws to further weaken workers' rights. Dozens of academics have been dismissed for signing a statement calling for an end to repression against Kurdish and other people in the Kurdish provinces. Several of them have been banned from leaving the country and criminal proceedings have been launched against others. The ITUC has also been informed that 1,390 union members have been placed under investigation for participating in an event calling for peace and democracy.
English: http://www.ituc-csi.org/turkey-government-stepping-up

Some 15,000 ground workers would see their salaries frozen, and would lose one of their paid days off per year, according to a new proposal submitted by the management of airline KLM to union representatives. The company would also like to replace some 3,000 baggage handlers and ground crews with temporary employees, according to the trade union CNV Vakmensen.
English: http://www.nltimes.nl/2016/05/02/klm-wants-freeze-salaries-15k-ground-workers .

The police, the national tax administration, customs, the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organization (NAV) and the nation's universities and colleges are among the organizations that could be paralysed if a threatened public strike becomes reality. A public sector strike was viewed as likely after three of four labour unions broke off negotiations with the state at the beginning of May 2016. The union Akademikerne Stat was the only one of the four union confederations to reach a deal with the state this year. LO Stat, Unio Stat and YS Stat all opted to break off negotiation talks. The unions and the state will meet with a state mediator. His goal is to help the two sides reach agreement on 25 May.
English: http://www.thelocal.no/20160502/looming-strike-could-paralyse .

The statistical office CBS registered 27 strikes in the year 2015, totalling 48,000 working days. In the last 15 years the amount of strikes was only higher in 2005 (28) and 2006 (31). In total, 42,000 workers were involved in the 2015 strikes that had an average duration of 1.8 working days. The longest strike was organised by the police workers' unions, whilst the most frequently envisaged sector was the manufacturing industry. More than 80% of the strikes were initiated by the trade unions. In 70% cases the unions were also involved in the negotiations that led to a solution of the dispute. One third of the disputes was related to a conflicting situation in the renewal of collective agreement; 15% of the disputes were conflicts on pay.
Dutch (with graphs): https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2016/17/in-2015-hoogste-aantal .

After six days of strike members of the construction trade union Byggnads can finally go back to work with a nation-wide agreement giving higher wages and shortened working hours. The deal gives an extra pay rise for low paid workers within the sector, such as cleaners at construction sites. The union also pushed the employers to commit to promote gender equality and diversity by investing in apprenticeships to women and workers with a migrant background. This was a key demand of Byggnads as only around eight percent of all construction workers are women and the unemployment rates of women construction workers is double that of men.
English: http://www.bwint.org/default .

Workers at El Mundo publisher Unidad Editorial are to strike for 24 hours on 3 May after a first day of talks with management ended without agreement. The strike will involve workers across Unidad Editorial from three major Spanish newspapers: generalist daily El Mundo, business daily Expansión and the country's leading sports newspaper Marca. The full list of measures announced by the workers committee includes four different types of strike and a reform demand of senior management, including Unidad Editorial chairman's resignation. The workers of Unidad Editorial consider that the savage lay-off plan is being imposed by Italian owner RCS, due to its financial situation, and not because organisational or economic causes within Unidad Editorial justify it.
English: https://www.thespainreport.com/articles .

The federal and local governments reached agreement with public sector workers on a pay rise, settling a dispute that grounded hundreds of flights during a warning strike earlier on. Trade union Ver.di had organised the strike as a warning to speed up wage negotiations. As a result of the concluded collective agreement more than two million workers are to receive a pay increase of 4.75 percent over two years. In a statement Ver.di said the increase would be paid in two stages, with a first increment of 2.4 percent in March 2016 to be followed by another 2.35 percent in February 2017. The union, which had initially demanded a six-per-cent pay rise, hailed the result as `a compromise that clearly increases salaries, boosts purchasing power and helps make the public sector more attractive' to workers.
English: http://www.thelocal.de/20160430/german-public-workers-dispute-settled

More than 100,000 workers in the metals and electrical industries staged walkouts across the country after trade union IG Metall rejected a wage offer for the 3.8 million employees it represents. IG Metall union turned down an offer from employers for a wage rise of 2.1 percent, saying it fell too far short of its demand for a 5 percent increase. The union stated that warning strikes would continue into the coming period, adding that it would start 24-hour strikes if no agreement was reached by the Pentecost holiday.
English: http://in.reuters.com/article/germany-strike .