Since October 2014, when the discount airline Ryanair announced its plans to open a hub in Copenhagen, membership of the employment union Flyvebranchens Personale Union (FPU) has increased by 31 percent, and other unions are also aware of growing support. The union argues that the Ryanair case has made the organisations more visible. It has become clearer what kind of organisation it is and what the union is fighting for. Those who are hesitant can better see the value of being a member of a trade union.
English: http://cphpost.dk/news/business/last-years-ryanair-dispute-has-boosted .
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A strike scheduled in Limassol's port on 18 January was suspended after an agreement, which leaves the chance for pilots to have a stake - indirectly - in the privatisation process of the port's operations and thus ensure the future of the current employees, was clinched with the transport ministry. The trade unions said the deal allowed for pilots to communicate with the potential investor and possibly strike a deal, a request that had so far been rejected by the state. However, the request that the trade unions be outright responsible for the operations in a bid to ensure the workers future rights was not approved.
English: http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/01/18/port-pilots-clinch-deal .
The Oxfam report An Economy for the 1%, shows that the global inequality crisis is reaching new extremes. The gap between the richest and the rest has widened dramatically in the past 12 months. The richest 1% now has more wealth than the rest of the world combined. Power and privilege are being used to skew the economic system to increase the gap between the richest and the rest. In the EU, nearly 9% of people in employment are at risk of poverty, and this rate has increased over the past decade. The report provides inside information on the development in several sectors, for instance the extractive industries, the financial sector and the garment industries. It shows also how women are disproportionately affected by inequality. Several observers have criticized the methodology used by Oxfam. However, according to an interesting blog, the main message stays upright.
English: https://www.oxfam.org/sites .
http://glineq.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/repeat-after-me-weath-is-not-income .
Germany prisons are more and more a `site of industrial labour'. Companies outsource labour and automobile producers subcontract assembly work to prisons. For all their work, prisoners earn below the legal minimum wage while their labour and human rights are not protected. Until 2014, prisoners were not organised. At present, the prisoners' trade union Gefangenengewerkschaft/Bundesweite Organisation (GG/BO) has around 800 members in more than 40 prisons. A global labour column describes how the union was formed and why a strike was called in Butzbach prison in December 2015 as well as the state's reaction to the strike.
English: http://column.global-labour-university.org/2016/01/interview .
The country's constitution foresees in the organisation of referenda and the trade unions have used this instrument several times. In the coming months, there will be a campaign for a basic income. The referendum (in June 2016) is about a basic income paid by the state at such a level that `a decent life and participation in society' can be guaranteed. So far, no amount is fixed, but activists refer to a monthly income of 2500 Swiss Francs (approximately 2300 euro). Recently, the upper house of the Swiss parliament, called for the citizens to vote against an unconditional basic income (UBI) in the national referendum.
English: http://www.basicincome.org/news/2015/12/switzerland-the-interview .
German: http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/volksabstimmung-im-juni ...
Members of the Teachers' Union of Ireland are being backed by students in strike action over pay and security for young workers. Secondary school teachers will hold a day of strike action before the general election. Members of the TUI voted 89% in favour of industrial action over issues of pay and security of employment for young teachers. They say the stoppage will go ahead unless their demand for meaningful talks is met. The union says the poor pay and employment security for young teachers is forcing many of them into income poverty. The Union of Students stated that students can understand this position.
English: http://www.newstalk.com/Teachers-being-backed-by-students-in-strike-action .
The main dockworkers' trade union and the operator of the Port of Lisbon have reached an agreement to end a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. The agreement paves the way for a new collective agreement for dock workers at the port that is to be signed by 29 February. Since 14 November the union has submitted a series of strike threats that went through to at least 31 January. During this period dock workers never actually took strike action but loading and unloading at Lisbon was delayed by several days prompting two shipping companies to cancel stops at the port.
English: http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/lisbon-dock-workers-port-operators .
The trade unions will stage a 24-hour nationwide strike against the government's planned reforms demanded by international lenders. The walkout against planned cuts in future benefits and increased social security contributions to make the pension system viable, will be a test for Prime Minister Tsipras's coalition which has a thin parliamentary majority. Parliament is expected to vote on the reform bill in early February, government officials have said. The strike is organised by the largest private sector trade union GSEE and its public sector counterpart ADEDY, which together represent about 2 million workers and pensioners.
English: http://www.streetinsider.com/Reuters/Greek+labor+unions+to+strike .
Oil services company Aker Solutions stated it would cut up to another 900 jobs, meaning it will have shed more than one in ten jobs since oil prices began sliding in 2014. The workforce reductions will be made through regular employee turnover, reassignments to other parts of the company and redundancies. The slowdown in the oil sector has already led to the loss of 30,000 jobs since January 2014 and the country's current 4.6-percent unemployment rate is the highest in a decade.
English: http://www.thelocal.no/20160115/norways-oil-firm-aker-solutions-to-slash .
Twenty unions in Cork City and county have joined forces in a first-of-its-kind initiative to better organise workers and the wider community. The initiative, called One Cork, involves a much deeper level of collaboration between the unions - at workplace and societal levels - to organise, campaign, educate, train, and communicate with workers, their families and the wider community. The work of One Cork will focus on a number of areas, including organising workers into trade unions on a collaborative basis and communicating workers' rights more effectively. The pilot will be replicated in Belfast before being extended.
English: http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/twenty-cork-unions-join-forces .