In a statement published in the Financial Times the metal workers trade union and the confederation LO declared their commitment to an ambitious agreement on the TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership). According to the unions there is no time to waste if the aim is to ensure high environmental and consumer standards, legal protection and labour rights characterising the transatlantic markets.
English: http://www.danskmetal.dk/Nyheder ...
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The calculation for the annual price indication, based on the price development of a series of services and goods (called the `index-basket'), has been updated and modernised. The indexation that aims to guarantee the purchase power of workers has been applied retroactive from 1 January 2014 (see our February Newsletter). The next annual revision is planned for December 2014. The trade union confederation ABVV/FGTB has published a handbook `Everything you need to know about the index'.
Dutch: http://issuu.com/abvv/docs/index_nl ...
French: http://issuu.com/fgtb/docs/index_fr ...
Trade unions have held mass protests against further pay cuts and the privatisation of water. The unions also demanded an increase in the minimum wage and a clear commitment to the 35-hour working week. Earlier this year, public sector unions managed to stop a reform instating a 40-hour working week in local government. However, the deal protecting the 35-hour working week has still not been published by the government.
English: http://www.epsu.org/a/10661
Portuguese: http://www.stal.pt/index.php/arquivo-2014 ...
Seventy workers at Sony Online Store lost their jobs after the company broke off the agreement with the ManPower group. A number of temp workers received new contracts, but 42 workers were dismissed without a social plan and on minimum benefits. Despite requests from unions CSC, SETCA, LBC-NVK, CNE & CGSLB/ACLVB, neither ManPower nor Sony have shown any willingness for social dialogue.
English: http://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/belgium-uni-taw-supports-unions ...
Public sector workers organised a nationwide 24 hour strike to protest against falling purchasing power due to pay freezes. The public sector workers received their last pay rise in 2010 and have seen their real wage deteriorate. Trade unions report more and more workers are having trouble making ends meet on the `poverty pay' they receive.
English: http://www.world-psi.org/en/10-july-uk-public-sector-workers-strike-better ...
The 75,000 steel workers in north western Germany have a new collective agreement. The collective agreement foresees a 2.3% wage increase from July and another 1.7% from May 2015. Trade union IG Metall had called strikes at several steel plants, but an agreement was reached after 12 hours of talks. The agreement includes part-time work schemes for older workers and permanent jobs for apprentices.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/us-germany-steel ...
After two years of protests, Prime Minister Romer acknowledged that a comprehensive reform of both the quality and working conditions in the education sector needs to be negotiated with trade unions. Teachers have repeatedly called attention to falling scores in international comparisons, their uncertain labour contracts and the overdependence on retired teachers that impede the hiring and training of new teachers. Trade unions are hoping to open a dialogue on a national plan as soon as possible.
English: http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news ...
The board of the trade union in the energy sector will meet to decide whether to call a general strike over growing unhappiness about conditions in the sector, especially at the state-owned power group HSE. The debate will take place as a strike by miners against proposed wage cuts at the Velenje Coal Mine enters a second week.
English: http://www.sta.si/en/vest ...
http://www.rtvslo.si/news-in-english/velenje-coal-mine-two-steps-away-from-bankruptcy ...
Two years of discussions have led to proposals for a `dual' approach of education at schools, which calls for secondary school students to gain practical work experience in specific fields with companies that have signed an agreement with their school. Representatives of employers, trade unions, ministries and regions discussed the rules in the government's council for vocational education. The related law should come into force as of 2015, and should create legal conditions for schools that will join the scheme in September 2015.
English: http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/54545/3/dual_education_scheme_outlined ...
The report `Quality of Life. Social Capital, Poverty and Social Exclusion in Poland' contains statistical information that allows a reliable diagnosis of many aspects of the quality of life. Chapter 2 presents the analysis of poverty, isolation and social exclusion. The authors considered three complementary dimensions of poverty (i.e. income poverty, living conditions poverty, and poverty in terms of the lack of budget balance). The threat of at least one poverty form or social isolation was found to concern nearly every-third of the population aged 16 years or more (over 32%).
English: http://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/living-conditions ...