Trade union PDSZ stated after talks with the national board of teachers NPK that a survey should be conducted to assess the workload of teachers, and that the current teacher qualification system should be reconsidered. Both PDSZ and NPK support that teachers' salaries should be tied to the minimum wage, and that earlier pay hikes should be followed by similar measures. The union criticised that teachers were being `forced' to join the national board, and said that it made the legitimacy of the latter body uncertain, and called for a survey to find what proportion of teachers would join on their own accord.
English: http://www.politics.hu/20140625/teachers-union-urges-school-management ...
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Strikes by performers, actors and technicians are threatening to shut down some of the leading arts events, including the renowned Avignon festival. Part-time and temporary workers are angry at plans to reduce their right to extra benefits and social security, aimed at cutting government debt. They say the proposals will hit the country's cultural exception, a fiercely-guarded principle that means anything considered to be of cultural value to French society should be protected by the state from market forces.
English: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/13/french-arts-workers-threat ...
http://www.thelocal.fr/20140624/frances-biggest-festivals-at-risk
The results of a recently conducted workplace survey, in which both employers and employees indicated their preferences and priorities regarding office environment and work space, reveal important controversies. For workers sufficient personal space to work in comes first in a list of 18 criteria, followed by natural daylight and the ability to see the outside. This is followed by windows that can be opened, less travel time from home and breakout space. Open plan offices are not popular among workers. Employers mention the costs of the space, service charges and operating costs first, followed by the ability to park.
English: http://praguepost.com/realty/39692-employees-and-employers-disagree ...
The planned labour reform that passed the upper house of the parliament with a large majority has to provide temporary and freelance workers with greater protection, ensure equal treatment and compulsory procedures in redundancy and tackle `sham' employment arrangements more effectively. In a statement the Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV, or Dutch Trade Union Federation) described the law `as an important step in ending the excesses and false structures in the labour market'.
English: http://www.equaltimes.org/are-the-dutch-labour-reforms ...
After negotiations between platform workers and the oil companies already broke down, onshore workers broke off talks too. Both processes moved into public mediation, the last step before strike action can be taken. Two years after the longest walkout in the industry, the looming strike threat stirred widespread worries. However, wage deals were reached with onshore and supply base workers, with mediators hoping to reach a third agreement with the platform workers in the beginning of July.
English: http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews ...
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-06-04/norwegian-oil-strike-threat-rises ...
Talks between airline Luxair and unions for a collective working agreement have failed, after the latter decided to walk out on the latest round of negotiations. The OGBL, LCGB and ngl-snep trade unions have complained that Luxair is unwilling to acknowledge its workers despite a 1.9 million euro benefit last year, for example by wanting to freeze wages. Unions say that this violates a previous agreement with Luxair, which stated that savings would be reviewed depending on the outcome of the 2013 year.
English: http://www.wort.lu/en/business/national-conciliation-office-luxair-and-unions-at-odds ...
Trade unions and employers in the dairy industry have reached a collective agreement that will run retroactively from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016. The 10,000 employees in the sector will receive a 2% pay hike from 1 April 2014 onward and a second 2% increase from 1 April 2015. The agreement contains clauses raising the Christmas bonus from 3% to 3.5% and an increase of employee pension contributions will be borne by employers instead.
Dutch: http://www.fnvbondgenoten.nl/mijnbranche/branches/voedingsindustrie/nieuws ...
A 1997 agreement between Danone and global food, farm and hotel workers union IUF that regulates major employment changes anywhere in the world, is being put to the test as Danone announces its intention to close three plants in Germany, Hungary and Italy. In Hungary, the cuts are expected to lead to the layoff of 155 workers, while total job cuts in all three countries would amount to 325 jobs. According to the agreement, any reorganisations need to be put off for at least three months in order to `enable union organisations to present alternative proposals to the management's plan'. IUF and its local affiliates have started opposing the closure of the three plants, referring to the 1997 agreement.
English: http://www.iuf.org/w/?q=node/3464
http://www.bbj.hu/business/updated-danone-to-close-plants-in-hungary ...
On 12 June Parliament voted in favour of ratifying the ILO convention on domestic workers (C189). Trade unions, including Swiss unions SIT and UNIA and the International Domestic Workers' Federation IDWF have welcomed the decision and called it a big step towards improving the working conditions of domestic workers in the country.
English: http://www.iuf.org/w/?q=node/3475
Trade union, employer and government representatives have announced they intent to start talks on the rules governing the take-up of annual leave. Currently, schedules for the annual leave for the next year must be published by employers before the end of the current year and employees are not allowed to transfer more than 10 days of unused paid leave days to the next year. Employers would like a scheduling exemption for small and medium size enterprises, while trade unions have made it clear they would like employees to be able to take more than 10 days to the next year.
English: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=161403