Teachers at a private school in the north of Oslo have been on strike since 18 March. The 17 teachers at the Heltberg upper secondary school went on strike after the school management refused to renew the existing collective agreement. The teachers were members of the Union of Education Norway (UEN). The strike came to an end after the employer agreed on 10 April to the teachers' demand for a collective agreement.
English: http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/3501
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Reacting on data about medical technicians, nurses and physicians leaving the country the health ministry has announced steps intended to stop the drain of qualified staff, through financial stimulation and new job opportunities including 1,000 specialisation courses that the ministry intends to advertise in 2015. According to the ministry he number of departures is still far less than the number of requests for departure.
English: http://dalje.com/en-croatia/health-minister--233-doctors-and-98-nurses-have .
On 15 April 2015 the Madrid Supreme Court announced its final verdict on the closure of four Coca-Cola factories and confirmed the previous ruling of the National Court which declared the Coca-Cola Iberian Partners' (CCIP) restructuring plan announced in January 2014 invalid. The restructuring and closure of 4 plants in Alicante, Fuenlabrada (Madrid), Palma de Mallorca and Colloto (Asturias) affected more than 1190 workers and caused the forced redundancy of 821 employees. According to the Court, CCIP violated the right to strike during the consultation period by supplying products from other functioning plants.
English: http://www.iuf.org/w/?q=node/4184
Industrial action hit the bank branches of Postbank, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, in the eastern states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and parts of Brandenburg, with many remaining shut. The workers demand better and extended protection against dismissal, according to trade union Ver.di. Many Postbank employees fear being laid off if Deutsche Bank decides to sell the retail banking unit. The unions are demanding protection from dismissal for all of the 9,500 staff until 2020, plus a 5% pay increase. Employers have rejected the demands, which led to the decision to go on strike.
English: http://www.dw.de/postbank-workers-on-strike-as-deutsche-reportedly-mulls-sale .
The trade unions continue the opposition to government austerity, cuts in the public transport sector and the failure to top up wages and benefits in line with inflation using the index system. The local transport system came to a halt as a result of the national strike on 22 April called by the socialist trade union. The strike affected rail, post, school and government offices across the entire country. In Brussels all three trades unions, the socialist, the Christian and the liberal unions, issued the strike call. Therefore, practically all metro, tram and bus services operated by the Brussels local transport company, the MIVB, were cancelled.
English: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/travel-chaos .
Spring is in the air and the social partners are concluding collective agreements in several sectors. The trade unions and the employers of ORF Online and Teletext GmbH reached an agreement on a 2.1% pay increase (retrospective from 1 January 2015) and a nominal 200 euro off payment. The wood and sawing industries bargaining partners agreed to a 1.95 to 2% wage rise, with a minimum of 35 euro, starting 1 May 2015. In the paper and pulp sector an agreement was reached for 2015 and 2016, with a pay increase for the lowest wage of 1.95% in 2015 and an increase with the inflation rate plus 0.5% in 2016. The sectoral minimum wage reaches the level 1,600 euro as from 1 May 2015. The agreement includes an off-time option; based on a company agreement workers can opt for more spare time instead of wage increase. In the coachbuilder (plus 1.95%) and instrument makers sector (plus 1.85%) comparable agreements were concluded; interestingly the lowest wage scale was removed and all workers in that scale will be placed in the subsequent wage scale.
German: http://www.oegb.at//gehaltsverhandlungen-fuer-orf-online-und-teletext-abgeschlossen
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The leadership of the SSNS's trade union stated that the government has made a new law, which leads to abolish trade union activity in the intelligence services, a condition of introducing a life career model that would improve the situation of the members of the uniformed forces. Trade union leaders received no preliminary notifications about the plan, only later receiving an `incorrect' explanation that civil intelligence agencies in other European countries are not unionised.
English: http://www.politics.hu/20150417/govt-plans-to-abolish .
Maersk has entered into consultations with staff following the announcement of a 200 job cut at its Maersk Oil unit due to the drop in oil prices. The company wants to reduce operating costs by 20% over the next two years. The decision will affect both permanent employees and workers of core contractors.
English: https://seafarersrights.org/maersk-oil-to-cut-200-jobs/
Carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) announced an incentive system for employees tied to the group's productivity and profits. The proposal, which FCA says will cost a maximum of around €600 million over a four year period, was designed by the company executives to turn the page on traditionally adversarial relationships between labour and management by more closely associating workers with business objectives.
English: http://www.thelocal.it/20150417/fiat-chrysler-sets-bonus-scheme-for-italian-workers
To mark the International Workers' Memorial Day, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) will run a highly visible action on 28 April, focusing on the 100,000 people who die every year in the EU as a result of occupational cancers, as well as the 150,000 people who have died waiting for the EU to approve the Directive on Carcinogens and Mutagens at Work, held up since October 2013 by an EU review of `red tape'. The ETUC is planning to meet with Commissioners and MEPs at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, and will participate in events in Belgium and Latvia.
English: http://28april.org/?p=189