The 13th Lufthansa pilots' strike in the last 18 months has grounded over a 1,000 flights. The strike, which was called in a bitter dispute over pilots' retirement age reported at length in this newsletter, hit both short, medium and long haul flights. Lufthansa management sought and was granted a court injunction, arguing the strikes are hurting the entire German economy. However, when the court forbade the second day of strikes, the air carrier argued it was too late to reinstate the cancelled flights.
English: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34195320
https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/29470094/lufthansa-cancels-1-000-flights .
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Employers report not hiring any new employees due to the uncertainty surrounding the country's economy. In a survey by ManpowerGroup, 51% of employers reported they did not expect to hire any new employees this year. An additional 18% expected to be forced to let people go, whereas only 5% expected to hire new workers. The employers in the survey cited the country's uncertain economic performance as a reason for the hold on employment.
English: http://www.ekathimerini.com/201329/article/ekathimerini/business/uncertainty .
The Czech Prime Minister said Czech minimum wages should be brought in line with Slovakia's minimum wage. The exchange of thoughts happened in the first ever joint tripartite meeting of the two countries. The object of inspiration is the minimum wage indexation system implemented in Slovakia. By law, whenever social partners failed to reach an agreement on a minimum wage hike, the minimum wage is raised by an amount based on the country's economic performance.
English: http://www.radio.cz/en/section/business/pm-wants-to-narrow-gap .
Trade unions have started a petition to save jobs at telecom provider Vodafone. The company announced on 1 September that it will start a major reorganisation that is likely to affect 1300 workers. The layoffs follow earlier redundancies in 2013, costing 620 employees their jobs.
English: http://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/sign-petition-dont-let-1300-people-be-dismissed .
More working people in the province are paid less than £7 per hour than any other part of the UK. Figures showed the 2013 annual gross salary for workers here was £27,697 - almost £6,000 below the UK average. The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) said the research backed the campaign for a 'living wage' for workers. This would be the best solution to deal with problems of low productivity and high welfare costs.
English: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/living-wage-call .
http://www.nicva.org/resource/economic-analysis-living-wage-northern-ireland
Management of Ebru Textile in Sakarya has fired several trade union activists in last few months. Trade union Oz Iplik-IS has been trying to organise the plant, which produces textiles for inditex, mango and cortefield amongst others. Management has responded by firing activists. Union members are now calling on the international brands to suspend orders until collective bargaining rights are respected.
English: http://www.industriall-europe.eu/news/list3 .
The statistical office has published its quarterly with socio-economic data. The country's labour market is nowadays dominated by foreign labour coming in on a daily or weekly basis (52.8% of the workforce), mainly from Switzerland and Austria (together up to 96% of all commuters). The unemployment has further decreased in the first half of 2015 (to 2.1%).
German: http://www.llv.li/files/as/p-aktuelle-2015-3.pdf
Data from the Labour Force Sample Survey in households show record-breaking values of the employment rate in the second quarter of 2015. The general unemployment rate further declined (year-on-year). Data of the statistical office show a significant increase in the number of registered employees. The purchasing power of earnings has been increasing, though the average wage increase has been falling behind the economic development.
English: https://www.czso.cz/documents .
Unemployment has gone down in 2015. The unemployment rate landed at 6.9%, this is 1.2% lower than a year earlier. However, long term unemployment stayed at a high level (48.5% of all unemployed). Wages increased, both average gross and net earnings were higher by the same extent, 3.5% than in the first half of 2014. Net earnings were 3.7% higher at enterprises and 2.9% and 2.2% more than a year earlier in the public sector and at non-profit organisations.
English: http://www.ksh.hu/docs/eng .
Health care workers blocked the central Budapest Elizabeth bridge in a protest against low wages. The nurses have been demanding higher wages, as reported in last month's newsletter. The nurses blocked the bridge of 18 minutes, letting only buses pass, before continuing the protest on the side walk.
English: http://www.politics.hu/20150902/health-care-workers-block-elizabeth-bridge/