Data released in the Quarterly Survey of Labour Costs indicate that average incomes fell during the first three months of 2014. The figures show that the average gross monthly income, including remuneration in cash and in kind, fell by 0.2% to €1,805.76 in the first three months of 2014, while the average basic salary remained steady at €1,632.94. The working hours increased by 1.6% as compared to the same period in 2013, but this was due to the Easter holidays that took place in the 2nd quarter in 2014.
English: http://www.thelocal.es/20140618/report-spaniards-working-longer-and-earning-less
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Trade union UHM has organised a two-hour strike in a dispute over becoming the sole recognised union representing the workers of the Malta Public Transport Services (MPTS). Currently, the workers are represented by the General Workers Union, but UHM claims over 400 of the 670 bus drivers are registered members and demands the right to represent them. Verifications of membership by UHM, GWU and the transport ministry have shown different counts, after which UHM has accused the ministry and GWU of delaying the verification process.
English: http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/40182/uhm_confident ...
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-06-17/news/uhm-orders-two-hour ...
Teachers from all over the country organised a protest in Vilnius on 18 June, demanding better pay, working conditions and education. The teachers demanded a long term plan to raise investment in education to 6% of GDP by 2020 and to start raising wages from 2015 onwards. A thousand protesting teachers held slogans, saying "A Teacher Without Hope is a School Without a Future," "EU Aid to Students, Not Clerks," "Old Age Dignity for Teachers," "Profession - Teacher, Social Status - Beggar".
English: http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/69272/1000-teachers-stage-protest-in-vilnius ...
After organising an NHS protest day on 7 June, unions have announced they are preparing to ballot their members over strike action later this year. The workers are angry over the pay freeze that was imposed on the health service, blocking even the smallest inflation correction of wages. Unions warn the NHS is under attack from wage freezes, cut backs and privatisations and declared its willingness to fight for decent wages, working conditions and high quality services.
English: http://www.unison.org.uk/news/future-of-nhs-top-issue-for-the-general-election ...
http://www.unison.org.uk/news/nhs-members-protest-against-continuing-pay-freeze
An investigation by the Clean Clothes Campaign in ten eastern EU member states, including Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia, showed that working conditions are sometimes worse than in China and Indonesia, busting myths about the `Made in Europe' label. In all the countries researched an immense gap between the legal minimum wage and the estimated minimum living wage was found. The report `Stitched Up' reveals that companies such as H&M, Zara, Hugo Boss, Adidas and Benetton pay their workers in Eastern Europe and Turkey the minimum legal wage, which is under the poverty threshold as defined by the European committee of social rights.
English: http://www.cleanclothes.org/livingwage/stitched-up
An Eiro report explores the impact of the crisis on wage-setting mechanisms (based on separate reports for the 28 EU Member States plus Norway) and examines the impact of the EU's new economic governance regime - specifically the requirements of the country-specific recommendations and Memoranda of Understanding. It looks at changes in wage bargaining levels, the extent of horizontal coordination across bargaining units, links between the different levels involved in wage setting, minimum wage-setting and indexation mechanisms, and the volume and duration of collective wage agreements. According to the report the extent and consequences of change in wage-setting have been greatest among the countries receiving financial assistance packages from the troika of European and international institutions.
English: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies ...
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn ...
A strike of Icelandair mechanics was called off on 19 June after Parliament was recalled from summer recess in order to vote on a law banning the strike in the public interest. After state mediated negotiations between Icelandair and the Air Mechanics' Union broke down, organised a one-day strike that affected around 12,000 passengers. Ahead of the second strike day, 19 June, interior minister Hanna Birna Kristj nsd¢ttir recalled Parliament for an emergency session to ban the strike. The strike was cancelled in order to avoid the strike gag law being adopted, which would weaken the workers' position in the future. Unions report being very worried at this third government intervention to curb strikes, pointing at the banned pilots' strike in March and the forced postponement of the ferry workers' strike from March to September.
English: http://icelandreview.com/news/2014/06/18/icelandair-mechanics-strike-canceled
http://grapevine.is/news/2014/06/19/air-mechanics-cancel-strike/
After the airline SAS reported over one billion kronor in losses for the second quarter of 2014 the management stated that at least 300 employees will be dismissed. The measures are expected to have an impact of one billion kronor in the financial year of 2014/2015. Employees in administration, sales, and support will be most affected by the job losses. As part of cost cutting measures in 2012, the company had reduced wages. This won't be the case this time and SAS won't be utilising staffing agencies to any greater extent, which has been the general trend among the airline's competitors.
English: http://www.goteborgdaily.se/sas-300-employees-must-go
Over hundred employees of Tyneside Safety Glass went on a seven day strike starting from 16 June. The workers at two sites of the company that makes laminated glass for bus windows and windscreens voted in favour of industrial action after rejecting what they called a "paltry and insulting" pay offer. Management had offers a three year deal including a 3% rise in the first year and 2% in the second and third years, but attached other changes affecting wage in such a way that the deal was effectively self-funding. The workers, who witnessed the company's highest paid director receiving a 14% pay rise in 2013 and saw 750,000 from the company's account being shifted to the owner's trust fund, have reacted outraged and demand a serious offer. The seven day strike that started on 16 June is complemented by a continuous overtime ban.
English: http://www.industriall-union.org/glass-workers-strike-over-paltry-pay-offer
According to Statistics Estonia, the average monthly gross wages and salaries increased 7.0% in 2013, compared to 2012, and the average hourly gross wages and salaries increased 7.3%. In 2013, average monthly gross wages were 949 euro and the average hourly gross wages were 5.73 euros. Real wages, which take into account the influence of the change in the consumer price index, increased 4.1% in 2013.
English: http://www.stat.ee/72389