On July 1 2014, the minimum wage for a single worker without children will be net 891 Liras monthly, which is approximately 306 euro. The country's minimum wage is updated twice annually. In the first half of 2014, it was net 846 liras. Overall the minimum wage has been raised by 5.3%. But access to a minimum wage is an enormous problem as millions are deprived of even 891 liras monthly because they do not have jobs. The population over 15 is roughly 57 million but only 25.5 million of them have a job that brings income.
English: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/minimum-wage-of-14-a-day-highly-inadequate ...
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Local government workers will join up to two million council workers and teaching staff in taking strike action on Thursday 10 July against the government public sector austerity pay policies after voting overwhelmingly against the `insulting' 1% pay offer. Unite's members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland voted by 68% to take strike action and by 79% to take industrial action short of a strike after enduring four years of cuts in real terms. After a yes vote of the membership trade union UNISON delivered a strong call to action to activists to make sure the local government and school support staff strike is successful. Trade union GMB's ballot saw a 73% vote in favour of going on strike.
English: http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/local-government-workers-to-strike-over-poverty ...
http://www.unison.org.uk/at-work/local-government/key-issues/local-government-pay/home/
Spanish workers who emigrated and, once in the so-called `German paradise', found themselves in jobs with abusive conditions or salaries clearly below those paid to local workers are getting organised. They created the Labour Action Group (GAS), a platform designed to serve as a connection between workers suffering abuses in the country and the local trade unions. The reaction of the trade union Ver.di, the second biggest in the country, has been very positive. The two organizations have together published leaflets in Spanish that call for, among other things, the same salary `for the same work and the same qualifications'.
English: http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/06/30/inenglish ...
Food giant Nestl has become the first leading manufacturer to commit to paying the living wage. The firm already pays at least the living wage to its 8,000 staff but the move will benefit contract employees and agency workers. About 800 contractors working with Nestl will implement it by December 2017. The announcement was described by campaigners as a significant milestone in the drive to persuade employers to pay the living wage, which is currently set at 8.80 an hour in London and 7.65 elsewhere, compared to the national minimum wage of 6.31.
English: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jun/30/nestle-agrees-living-wage-staff
After two weeks of negotiations and two-hour strikes that caused chaos at the country's airports the trade unions representing the air traffic controllers and the management of the air traffic control service Belgocontrol have reached an agreement on (amongst other things) conditions for retirement. The agreement offers an opportunity to remain in a non-operational job with Belgocontrol beyond 60; this will allow controllers to build up full pension rights. Those that wish to stay at home from the age of 55, while remaining available to work for Belgocontrol will still receive 75% to 85% of their salary.
English: http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/Economy/140628_Belgocontrol
The bank UniCredit has reached a deal with unions to cut 2,400 jobs in the first stage of workforce reductions foreseen in the bank's 2013-18 restructuring plan. The country's biggest bank by assets announced in March 2014 that it aimed to cut around 8,500 jobs by 2018 - nearly 6 percent of its workforce - including more than 5,700 in Italy. UniCredit agreed, as part of the deal, to hire 800 young people and put 670 existing apprentices on permanent contracts, while talks on the remaining job cuts foreseen in the plan will continue.
English: http://www.theguardian.com/business ...
After several bargaining rounds the management of the national postal service (sterreichische Post AG) and the postal and telecom trade union GPF concluded a collective agreement with on an average a 2.2% wage increase with a guaranteed minimum of €40 a month (for the lowest wages this means an increase of 3.24%). The agreement starts 1 July 2014 and runs until 30 June 2015.
German: http://www.gpf.at/news/post-gehaltsverhandlungen-2014-erfolgreich ...
Employees of Veolia, operating trains in Southern Sweden, went on indefinite strike, effectively halting transport in the region and stranding over 75,000 passengers. The workers called the strike after they were fired only to be re-hired under worse working conditions. The drivers and ticket collectors, who were employed as salaries workers on full time contract, found themselves in contracts defining them as waged and on-call labourers. Workers reported that they were expected to be reachable 24/7 for the company and that not picking up a phone call resulted in being blacklisted. The dispute ended in a trade union victory. The transport union SEKO will be able to limit the use of contractual, part-time employment - which will help it to prevent a spiral downwards in workers' terms and conditions.
English: http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm/newsdetail/10621
Dockers in Mosjoen are in dispute over claims that their employer, Mosjoen Industri Terminal (MIT), a subcontractor at Alcoa's facility, has failed to pay money owed to them for their work and that they have been illegally locked out since early May 2014. Another ongoing dispute in the port of Risavika is showing no sign of resolution. Workers there have been on strike for nine months over alleged attempts by employers to override International Labour Organisation regulations that protect the status of dockers and subsequently restrict who can unload and load cargo.
English: http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online ...
Glass workers at Sisecam went on strike after wage negotiations broke down. Soon after the government decided to postpone the strike at some of the factories connected to Sisecam for 60 days . as it `is considered disruptive of public health and national security'. Around 6,000 workers from plants in six provinces halted production demanding decent wages and working conditions. Sisecam has offered an 11.79% increase in wages, which falls far behind the union demand for a 23.12% increase. The plants affected by the strike include Trakaya Cam factories in Thrace and Mersin provinces, Trakaya Yenisehir Cam factory in Bursa province and 3 Pasabahce factories in Kirklareli, Eskisehir and Mersin, as well as a fibreglass plant Cam Elyaf in Kocaeli.
English: http://www.industriall-union.org/turkish-glass-workers-striking-for-better-pay
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-cabinet-postpones-glass-factory-workers-strike ...