Air traffic controllers staged a two-hour strike on 15 July after collective agreement negotiations broke down. The strike delayed flights scheduled to land and take off from Bucharest's Henri Coanda International Airport. The Administration of Air Traffic Services (ROMATSA) challenged a strike announced for 1 September in court. The Bucharest Court ruled that the announced strike was legal. The court's decision is not final, however, and can be appealed. The traffic controllers put forward fourteen demands, including a pay hike and the right of traffic controllers to move to other positions inside the company after they reach the age limit of 55 years. Negotiations over a collective agreement have been going on for months without yielding any results.
English: http://www.romania-insider.com/romania-air-flight-controllers-strike .
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The government approved an Emergency Ordinance that increases the wages in the healthcare system by 25%. The measure will come into force from 1 October, according to the executive. The government decided to increase the salaries in the healthcare system after thousands of doctors threatened to start a general strike. Over 32,000 doctors joined a Facebook group where they were discussing about a general strike due to the low salaries.
English: http://www.romania-insider.com/romanias-government-doctors .
The trade unions have started to collect 5,000 authenticated signatures in support of their proposal to amend in the shortest time possible the law on the definition of the minimum wage, to enter into force on January 1, 2016. Once again, they emphasised that it would not mean an increase of the minimum wage, but exclusion of bonus for inconvenient working hours from the present definition.
English: http://www.rtvslo.si/news-in-english/unions-have-closed-ranks-and-call .
On 1 January 2015, the monthly minimum wage was raised from 320 to 360 euro. Since that time a heated debate is going on about the level of this wage. Recently, the welfare minister stated that the country's minimum wage should be kept at its current level of 360 euro per month. The ministry has prepared possible scenarios for 2016. A first option is keeping the minimum wage at 360 euro, the second a slight increase to 367 euro, and the third to 375 euro. According to the minister last year's increase was too steep. However, the prime minister of the ruling Unity party has expressed that the minimum wage should be raised to 380 euro per month in 2016. The party leader of Unity stated that the minimum wage should be increased by another 20 to 400 euro.
English: http://www.leta.lv/eng/home/important ...
The threats of strike action by transport workers have entered the public arena. The anger and frustration among both Irish Rail and Transdev drivers has been building for some time. For many, it has now reached fever pitch. Morale is low because pay has been cut or kept stagnant over a lengthy period. Drivers point to the higher wages enjoyed by their counterparts in other European countries and wonder why they should be treated any differently. According to workers and trade union officials, the relations with both respective senior managements are fractious and issues of staff safety are of constant concern.
English: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/the-time-for-action-is-coming .
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/train-drivers-expect-strike-ballot .
Whilst the economy is drawing more cross-border workers than ever before, this trend has given rise to a heated debate in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino. The close to 63,000 foreign-based workers in Ticino make up roughly a quarter of all workers in the canton, with many residents complaining about what they see as an influx of workers prepared to work for lower wages. The spotlight came on Ticino after France's Le Monde newspaper reported on a controversial scheme in the region, which has seen businesses placing stickers in prominent positions declaring what percentage of their workforce is Swiss-based. The move instigated by the mayor of Claro has been described as a form of `apartheid' on the Italian side of the border.
English: http://www.thelocal.ch .
http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index ...
French: http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2015/08/25/la-suisse-italienne-stigmatise ...
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German: http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de .
The mining trade unions have threatened possible strikes from October if the government fails to find investors for coal producer Kompania Weglowa. In an agreement signed in January, the government promised miners that by the end of September it would find investors to safeguard Kompania Weglowa's survival. The agreement followed a series of miners' protests, which forced the government to back away from a plan to shut down some mines.
English: http://af.reuters.com/article .
Major strikes have disrupted traffic on the London tube and Northern Rail. Both tube and rail workers organised work stoppages that halted transport. The 48 hour London tube strike held from Wednesday 8 July onwards was the largest in a decade, halting all 11 metro lines. More strikes followed 5 August. The conflict centres around pay and weekend work in a new work roster due to be implemented in September. The tube workers said they find it more and more difficult to balance work and family life, as weekend work and shifts at anti-social hours continuously increase, scheduling some drivers to work 14 weeks of nights per annum. Following what representatives called `constructive' talks the trade unions called off the walkouts for the last week of august, but strikes would still go ahead on 8 and 10 September unless a deal was achieved.
English: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tube-strike .
http://news.sky.com/story/1530497/tube-strike-huge-queues-as-london-grinds-to-halt
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tube-strike-live-london-braced .
There are slightly more than 300,000 old-age pensioners and one fifth of them work after reaching the pension age. Statistics demonstrate that people mostly continue working until reaching the age of 70. According to the Tax and Customs Board, pensioners who continued working after reaching pensionable age mostly work in public administration, education and health care sectors.
English: http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/analytics .
Flight attendants at the national carrier CSA announced on a three-day strike over low pay. However, the cabin crew trade union was confronted with a provisional court ruling. The CSA management considered the strike illegal and took measures to prevent flight cancellations. The action is in protest over low wages, after salary cuts were made in February 2015. The company management has refused to negotiate a long-term raise in salaries, until CSA consolidates its finances. The latest news is that the strike has to be postponed.
English: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/czech-airline-flight-attendants-day-strike .