In a debate among politicians over benefits and wages offered to foreign workers a Liberal Alliance (LA) employment spokesman compared the policies of government coalition partner Socialistisk Folkeparti (SF) to Nazism. The SF and trade union 3F want to guarantee that foreign workers are treated the same as national workers.
English: http://cphpost.dk/news/liberal-alliance-employment-spokesperson-compares ...
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The third largest pharmaceutical company in the country, Deva Holding, has a notorious record. Already in 2010 Deva used a range of union busting tactics to dismantle a 40-year industrial relations system at plants in Çerkezköy, Kartepe and the Topkapi area of Istanbul. Deva Holdings sacked 74 employees at that stage when they refused to replace their collective agreement with individual contracts. In recent years similar actions of union busting have taken place culminating this summer in the sacking of workers for exercising their right to join the trade union Petrol-Is. On 14 October, 2014 the government instructed Deva Holdings in an official directive to begin collective bargaining with Petrol-Is as its recognised bargaining partner. But, instead of respecting the authority and findings of the Ministry of Labour, Deva management declared to its workers that the company will never recognise or bargain with any union.
English: http://www.industriall-union.org/deva-holdings-must-stop-attacking-its-workers ...
The joint demonstration organised by the three trade union confederations to act against new government proposals (freeze of the wage indexation and increase of the pension age - see our October Newsletter) has brought more than 100.000 workers to the streets of Brussels. The new liberal-conservative government had so far not talked seriously with the trade unions. This is in sharp contrast to the country's long post-war tradition of concertation and dialogue. After the demonstration the prime-minister announced that the ministry of labour has the task to open up the dialogue with the trade unions `in all discretion'.
English: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/06/belgium-austerity-protests-violence
Solidar, a European umbrella of social NGO's, published an in-depth report in cooperation with FEPS on the social dimension of the EU enlargement in the Western Balkans with expert articles presenting an overview of the current challenges. In recent years, unemployment and social inequalities have significantly increased in the region affecting in particular the situation of young people and showing that the socio-economic dimension cannot be separated from the political one. The report presents interesting data on collective bargaining and on the functioning of tripartite and bipartite dialogue in the Western Balkans region.
English: http://www.solidar.org/IMG/pdf/2014_11_03_the_social_dimension_of_eu_enlargement ...
The trade union confederation TUC handed over its submission to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) on the national minimum wage. According to the TUC the economy not only can support a significant increase beyond £7, but there is a growing consensus that it will benefit long term growth and stability. While the minimum wage rose above inflation in October 2014 for the first time in four years, at £6.50 it is still well below the peak of its real value. The government must increase the minimum wage by more than the rate of inflation to avoid putting even further financial strain on low-wage families.
English: http://www.tuc.org.uk/economic-issues/labour-market-and-economic-reports ...
The national TV channel has investigated the practices of international recruiter Atlanco Rimec, notorious for its treatment of workers. By using a labyrinth of cross-border posting relationships (for instance Polish workers recruited on the basis of a social security certificate from Cyprus) the payment of social security costs is circumvented. Interviews with individual workers illustrate how the social dumping practices are completed with poor living and housing conditions and the non-respect of pay and other working conditions.
English: http://www.rte.ie/news/player/2014/1106/20677365-the-treatment-of-foreign ...
Government proposals of a voluntary shorter working week, reduction of the bonus for years of service and lower lunch allowance, as well as lower compensation for commuting costs were rejected by the trade unions. They see the move of the government as a fresh set of measures to cut the public sector wage bill. The unions concede to the extension of existing savings measures and they are willing to debate the shorter working week and commuting costs, but they deemed other measures unacceptable.
English: http://www.sloveniatimes.com/deal-between-unions-and-govt-impossible
After 18 months of negotiations, employers in the welfare and social services sector have made a final offer, on which trade unions members will be balloted. The agreement includes a 1% wage hike as of 1 December 2014 and another 1% per 1 October 2015. In addition, there would be a one-time bonus of €300 in January 2015 and an annual flat increase of €250. Trade union CNV has advised its members to accept the offer, whereas trade union FNV has called on its members to vote against it. FNV's main objections concern the proposed pre-pension arrangement, which would make it more difficult to retire before the legal retirement age, and a set of measures for enterprises employing fewer than 25 workers.
English: http://www.epsu.org/a/10920
Dutch: https://www.mijnvakbond.nl/Onderhandelaarsresultaat-CAO-Welzijn ...
http://www.abvakabofnv.nl/over-ons/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/2014/11/eindbod-negatief ...
Ships and ferries did not operate among the country's many islands due to a 24-hour strike called by the National federation of port employees (Omyle) to protest against the government's planned privatisation of ports. In a statement issued by the trade union, the workers blamed the strike on `the government's policies and decision to sell out ports'.
English: http://www.travelagentcentral.com/greece/greek-strikes-block-ship-ferry-services ...
Tens of thousands of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and medical staff launched a one-day strike against the government`s austerity measures. Medical trade unions representing some 80% of more than 160,000 employees called the work stoppage in protest at a planned 10% cut in all wages paid from the state budget. The strike followed work stoppages in several other sectors over pay and salary cuts.
English: http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/thousands-of-serbian-health-care-workers ...