Registered taxi drivers in Brussels organised a large protest against the controversial riding-share app Uber on 16 September. The taxi drivers are opposed to the Uber app, which allows private car owners to use their vehicles to carry passengers, bypassing all regulations in the sector. An international convoy of around 300 taxis caused huge tailbacks and blocked off Brussels airport.
English: http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0916/728294-anti-uber-protests .
http://www.itfglobal.org/en/news-events/news/2015/september/taxi-drivers-rise-up .
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The Public Services Committee (PSC) of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has approved the Lansdowne Road Agreement by an aggregate ballot after individual unions balloted their membership over the summer. The Lansdowne Road Agreement extends the main provisions of the Haddington Road Agreement until September 2018, and restores around €2,000 to the pay of most public servants in three phases between January 2016 and September 2017. The pay restoration will be achieved through a combination of adjustments to the public service pension levy and a partial reversal of the 2010 public service pay cuts. The agreement that delivers, after seven years of pay cuts, wage improvements across many sectors of the economy was controversial, with several trade unions in favour or against the deal.
English: http://www.ictu.ie/press/2015/09/16/congress-public-services-committee .
Police unions are leading the mounting industrial action against a rogue public sector pay deal, reported in last month's newsletter. In an unprecedented action, the justice minister signed a collective agreement with several smaller trade unions, containing a €500 on-off bonus, a 2.28% rise over two years and a 2.2% rise from changes to the pension policy. The largest trade union, FNV, did not sign the agreement and has started large-scale industrial action to get it off the table. After several thousand police officers organised a demonstration as well as blockades, military unions announced they would join the actions, followed by teachers, customs officials and tax inspectors.
English: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/09/police-pledge-to-continue .
The board of the Estonian Trade Union Confederation has agreed to the principle proposed by the State Arbitrator that the minimum wage could form 41% of the average gross wage. Based on a Finance Ministry's forecast, which the arbitrator had proposed, the monthly minimum wage in 2016 should be 452 euro. The arbitrator also proposed 460 euros as the minimum wage for 2017. The trade unions have rejected this and want to conclude just a one-year agreement and to start 2017 minimum wage negotiations in the near future.
English: http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/analytics .
Workers are finally receiving a long-awaited pay rise, with average wages increasing at the fastest pace for more than six years. Official figures show that average pay across the economy increased by 2.9%, when comparing May to July with the same period in 2014. The Office for National Statistics said that was the fastest wage growth since the three months to January 2009. With inflation running at 0.1% in July - it has since fallen to zero - analysts say the resulting rise in real living standards should help to underpin consumer demand. At the same time it is noted that the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 5.5%.
English: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/sep/16/uk-wages-rising .
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lms/labour-market-statistics/september-2015 .
The ministry of labour has announced that from 1 January 2016 the monthly minimum wage for those employed full-time will be set at PLN 1,850 gross (445 euro). In mid-July, the Trilateral Commission (TC) made its resolution on the minimum wage for 2016. Trade unions did not participate in the committee's work, having boycotted it since 2013. Between 2002 and 2007, the minimum wage remained virtually on the same level. In 2007-15, it went up from PLN 1,148 to PLN 1,750.
English: http://www.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/221310,Poland-to-see-minimum-wage-hike .
The Government said there would not be any minimum wage rise after social partners failed to reach an agreement. The Social and Economic Council, which may propose the minimum wage for the next year, met but did not reach an agreement. Under the Labour Code, the Government is free to set the minimum wage if the Council does not reach an agreement within 15 days from the commencement of bargaining. The minimum wage is currently and will remain at RSD 121 (1 euro) per hour.
English: http://www.balkans.com/open-news .
Steel manufacturer Arcelor Mittal will cease operations at its Bettembourg site mid-2016, affecting 65 jobs. The company said that despite major efforts the plant, which produces saw wire, could not be made profitable. Management said it intends to offer the 65 workers placements in other positions across the company and trade unions have announced to be keeping a close eye on the securing of decent work places for the affected workers.
English: http://www.wort.lu/en/business/65-employees-affected-arcelormittal .
Civil servants receive a pay hike of 3% as of November 2015. The wage deal was reached after negotiations between the finance ministry and the trade unions and will cover all civil servants paid out of the state budget, including fire fighters, police officers, the culture sector and labour and tax offices. Teachers and health care workers are not covered by the pay increase and are both still negotiating their sectoral agreements (the health workers hike was decided a few days later - see the news item beyond).
English: http://praguemonitor.com/2015/09/16/public-sector-employees-pay-rise-3
Trade union FNV has formulated the demands for the upcoming 2016 collective bargaining campaign. The FNV focus for the coming year's pay talks will be a 3% pay rise. The union wants to expand negotiations to include freelancers and payroll staff. The union stated that, even though the economy is picking up, employers are investing less of their profits in staff and improving the quality of work.
English: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/09/76320/