Workers at money transport company Brink's have been on strike several times over the past months because the company plans to sack 650 out of 1,000 staff after losing the contract to fill Rabobank and ABN Amro cashpoint machines. The trade unions FNV and CNV have reached an agreement with the company. The original social plan for those being made redundant has been improved. Pensions have been guaranteed and better provisions for those who end up on unemployment benefit are included.
English: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/02/unions-reach-agreement ...
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Volvo, the world's second-largest maker of trucks, reported a fall in annual profits in 2014 and announced 1,000 redundancies in its construction equipment business. The group reported a 30% drop in construction equipment deliveries towards the end of the year caused by falling demand from China. However, overall sales grew by 4% in 2014 to 282.94 billion kronor. The management stated that the company's cost-cutting measures - including the loss of 3,200 white collar workers since the end of 2013 - were `paying off' and helped cut its net financial debt by 10 billion kronor in 2014.
English: http://www.thelocal.se/20150205/1000-job-cuts-at-swedens-volvo
The trade union of fire-workers has strongly criticized the planned job cuts at this service. Many positions are already vacant and people work with 1 or 2 fire-fighters at some places. The union reacted to the Minister of Interior's announced intention to cut 292 payroll positions.
English: http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2015/02/05/362358/lack-of-people ...
The looming conflict with Ryanair (see our January Newsletter) enters a new phase as the trade unions have decided to file a case in the Danish Labour Court (Arbejdsretten) to determine whether Ryanair should operate under Irish or Danish rules when it begins flying out of its new Copenhagen base. The trade union confederation LO has stated that if the so-called `recognition proceedings' determine that Ryanair must follow Danish rules, the decision will clear the way for a blockade. Ryanair already lost similar cases in France, Norway and Belgium. A blockade would mean that members of trade unions including 3F, Dansk Metal and HK would be barred from doing work from Ryanair, which would make it nearly impossible for the airline to handle baggage or receive fuel deliveries.
English: http://www.thelocal.dk/20150204/danish-unions-to-drag-ryanair-into-labour-court
United Steel-Work (Birlesik Metal-Is) Union submitted a request to the Council of State (Danistay) for the ban of a strike by a cabinet decree (see our January Newsletter). The trade union wants the ban order to be cancelled by the Council of State. In the meantime the struggle has been taken to the factory. The United Steel-Work union had announced a strike after failing contract negotiations with the employers' organisation MESS. Around 15,000 workers started a strike in 22 factories across 10 cities. However, the cabinet suspended the strike for 60 days, saying that the strike was `compromising the national security'.
English: http://bianet.org/english/labor/161989-worker-strike-ban-taken-to-council-of-state
http://www.equaltimes.org/the-right-to-strike-only-exists-on ...
With a statement that competitiveness gains secured during the crisis shouldn't be lost in the push to drive up wages, the Central Bank has directly interfered in the ongoing debate to improve wages for workers who took a hit during the recession. According to trade union Siptu it is time to embark on a major campaign for pay increases of 5% across the economy and on a new battle to establish a minimum living wage of €11.45 an hour across all sectors. A pay survey by business group Ibec showed workers at more than 57% of companies are set to get a pay rise in 2015 - the first widespread increases since the economic crisis.
English: http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/dont-give-in-to-push-for-higher-wages ...
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Data of the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) show that in 2013, 645 thousand persons or 32.7% of the population were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. It was 2.4 percentage points less than in 2012. The number of persons facing severe material deprivation also decreased significantly, from 24% in 2012 to 19.2% in 2013. However, 21.2% of the population in 2013 were subjected to the risk of poverty, which is 1.8 percentage points more than in 2012. Growth in the share of population at risk of poverty was most significantly affected by the fact that growth in income from labour was more rapid than growth in income from pensions, allowance and other payments from the budget.
English: http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/analytics ...
Trade union confederation TUC has calculated that two in five (40%) new fathers won't qualify for new rights to shared parental leave. The TUC welcomes shared parental leave, but is concerned the scheme will have a very limited impact because of the rules around eligibility and low statutory pay. From April 2015 mothers will be allowed to share up to 50 weeks of their maternity leave and 37 weeks of their pay with their partners. However, the TUC-analysis shows that two-fifths of working dads with a child under one would be ineligible, mainly because their partner is not in paid work. Mothers who don't have a job (whether employed or self-employed) don't have a right to maternity leave or pay that they can share.
English: http://www.tuc.org.uk/workplace-issues/work-life-balance/employment-rights ...
According to a recent report rising unemployment and high tax and social insurance contributions are causing an increasing number of people to abandon formal employment and work in `shadow economies'. The author, economist Friedrich Schneider, has argued in the past that rather than trying to deter the shadow economy governments should embrace the entrepreneurship it spawns and lower taxes. Despite a projected increase of 4.5% the country's shadow economy is still smaller than in most other EU countries, such as Germany (12.2%) or the UK (9.4%). Of the OECD countries, only Switzerland, the US, and New Zealand have a lower rate of unreported employment.
English: http://www.thelocal.at/20150204/austrias-shadow-economy-grows
The number of people registered as unemployed crept up in January as seasonal Christmas hires ended, to a total 4.53 million. The unemployment rate remains extremely high at close to 24%, the second-highest unemployment rate in the Eurozone, after Greece. Nevertheless, the government claims that the economy is recovering, ahead of regional and general elections this year.
English: http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/03/inenglish ...
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