The European Network of Migrant Women [ENoMW] drew the attention of the EU institutions and all national and European stakeholders to the situation and treatment of domestic workers within the member states, as well as their contribution to European society on the occasion of International Day of Domestic Workers. All organisations endorsing this statement called for each and every EU member state to follow Italy and Germany in pushing through the ratification of the ILO Domestic Workers Convention without further delay, and extend rights and protections to all migrants employed in this sector regardless of status.
English: http://www.idwfed.org/news ...
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After nine and a half years since the robust pension reform and the launch of the so-called second, private pension pillar, the rules for paying pensions from this pillar have finally been set. The first pensions from the scheme will be paid in January 2015.
English: http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/54316/3/rules_for_payment_of_private ...
Focus on the pension scheme in Slovakia: http://www.pensionfundsonline.co.uk/content ...
KLM has announced an austerity plan to cut costs. The Dutch management of the Air France KLM group stated that it wants to come up in September 2014 with a next round of `working more cleverly and flying more efficiently. That is needed to further reduce the debt burden, to make profits and to be able to invest in fleet and product'. There is still no agreement between KLM and cabin union VNC, though KLM is still holding on to no forced dismissals.
English: http://www.nltimes.nl/2014/06/02/klm-cut-e1b-2017-report/
Trade unions CGT and Sud called a national rail strike. The strike comes as Parliament discusses a draft bill proposing a merger of the two companies operating the railway system, the SNCF and RFF, and to allow competition on the tracks. Trade unions have argued the reform will not achieve its stated goal of dealing with the company's 40 billion euro debt and that any cost-cutting will be done at the expense of workers' rights and jobs.
English: http://www.thelocal.fr/20140615/french-rail-strike-to-enter-fifth-day
http://www.english.rfi.fr/visiting-france/20140604-french-railway-workers-set-strike ...
Madrid's national court has ordered Coca-Cola to rehire 821 workers it had laid off and to pay them their outstanding salaries. According to the court the US drinks giant had undermined workers right to strike and not adequately informed or negotiated with staff. A spokesperson of the food workers trade union of CC.OO stated that the company had violated fundamental workers' rights. The next step should be what the trade unions have been offering: `to sit down and negotiate in good faith to find an alternative to keep jobs and achieve a sustainable future for both the company and the workers'.
English: http://www.euronews.com/2014/06/13/spanish-court-rules-coca-cola-must-reinstate ...
Cyprus Airways plan to sell its remaining slot at Heathrow Airport has led to harsh criticism from the trade union side. The airline's pilots union PASYPI is dead set against selling the remaining Heathrow operation, warning that this could jeopardise the airline's long-term viability. A union spokesperson said it appeared there was little the pilots could do to stop the sale since `some people have decided to close Cyprus Airways down'.
English: http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/06/14/cy-london-will-still-be-served/
The Mandate trade union members in Marks & Spencer voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new set of proposals. The dispute between Marks & Spencer workers and their employer was over the company seeking cost cutting measures. The agreement improves the situation for the union's members and is also considered an improvement on the Labour Court recommendation issued in March of 2014.
English: http://www.thejournal.ie/marks-and-spencer-dispute-ends-proposals ...
Trade union RMT confirmed a fourth wave of industrial action across Heathrow Express after the company sabotaged ACAS talks and resorted to issuing blanket threats to sack hundreds of staff if they don't call off their fight over a package of multi-million pound cuts which amount to an all-out assault on pay, jobs and safety. According to the union two days of talks at ACAS were effectively sabotaged by the company who refused to consider any proposals put forward by RMT negotiators, walked away before the talks had concluded and treated the entire negotiating process with nothing but contempt.
English: http://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-declares-new-wave-of-heathrow-express-action/
The management of Delhaize, one of the largest retail chains in the country, announced during an extraordinary meeting of the works council its intention to implement major changes to its organisation that could lead to the dismissal of 2,500 workers in the next 3 years as part of the company's strategy for 2015-2017. The company also announced the modification of the wages and working conditions that should become `more in line with competitors'. The workers and the trade unions reacted furiously and in several supermarkets belonging to the chain spontaneous strikes have started.
English: http://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/social-chaos-delhaize-uni-stands-solidarity ...
Dutch: http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/economie ...
French: http://www.lesoir.be/568809/article/economie/2014-06-11/delhaize-licenciements ...
Wages have increased 1.9% on average from the previous quarter according to the quarterly wage index in 1st quarter 2014. From the previous year the increase was 5.5% on average, 5.7% in the private sector and 4.9% in the public sector. The annual increase was 5.6% for the central government employees and 4.1% for the local government employees. An agreement between the Confederation of Icelandic Employers and member unions of the Icelandic Confederation of Labour, signed 21 December 2013, stipulated a general wage raise of 2.8% in January 2014.
English: http://www.statice.is/Pages ...