Trade union Siptu and management of pharmaceutical company Bausch + Lomb, the single largest employer in the South East, are in crisis talks as management announced its intention to lay off 200 employees and cut wages of the remaining staff by 20%. The company, which was taken over by a Canadian multinational in 2013, has argued it cannot keep up its Irish operations if payroll costs of its Waterford plant in Ireland continue to be 30% higher than its Rochester plant in New York. Siptu and management will meet for talks, but the union has already stressed that a 20% pay cut is unacceptable.
English: http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/siptu-to-ballot-members ...
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Statistics Austria has produced the Austrian Economic Atlas, a straightforward and well organised tool for gaining an overview of the structure of the economy. The databank is providing a comprehensive package of key economic and social data information about the economy online (available in German only).
English: http://www.statistik.at/web_en/publications_services/austrian_economic_atlas ...
German: http://www.statistik.at/web_de/services/wirtschaftsatlas_oesterreich ...
Nearly 1,100 workers of clothing maker Aha Mura will become officially jobless. All hope is not lost, as 400 will be able to return to their sawing machines at least until the end of July to finish the existing orders. Meanwhile, the government is preparing a set of measures to help the workers. The trade union confederation ZSSS has expressed its disappointment with the government and other key players for allowing Aha Mura to go into bankruptcy.
English: http://www.sta.si/en/vest ...
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A vast majority of employees of the semi-state power company (EAC) have resumed their struggle against the privatisation of the company by the government, with mass appeals to the Supreme Court requesting the repeal of the Council of Ministers' decision slating it for privatisation. Over 80% of EAC employees (1,736 out of some 2,500) filed individual appeals, on the grounds that the decision to privatise violates the constitution.
English: http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/06/13/eac-staff-go-all-out-to-fight-sell-off/
The health and social care unions are pushing for a pay increase in 2015 of 5%, rejecting the 3.5% promised by the government. Union representatives pointed to the low wages earned by those who care for the elderly or disabled, warning of a worsening of quality. Union leader Dagmar Zitn¡kov charged that long term the situation had only grown worse, saying that jobs in the social services were among the most poorly paid.
English: http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/health-care-unions-to-push-for-five-percent ...
After a consultation period in which no objections were received, the Parliament has declared the collective agreement in the IT sector legally binding. The Parliament's decision means that all workers in the IT sector now have the right to the pay hike that what previously negotiated. Social partners requested the agreement to be declared legally binding in April.
German: http://www.volksblatt.li/nachricht ...
Advertising producer M&T Reklam began union busting after trade union Birlesik Metal-Is, an IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, conducted a successful organising campaign at both plants belonging to the group. The campaign was in total compliance with national legislation which resulted in certificate of competence issued by the Ministry of Labour in favour of Birlesik Metal-Is confirming the union represents majority of workers for bargaining a collective agreement. However, instead of negotiations in good faith, workers exercising their fundamental rights to freedom of association faced extreme hostility from the company, which has turned against its own workers after they dared to organise a union.
English: http://www.industriall-union.org/birlesik-metal-is-fights-against-union-busting ...
Dock workers at the HaminaKotka harbour and everywhere else in Finland have returned to their jobs after a day-long strike brought the sea ports to a standstill. The Seamen's Union claimed that the North-Western Shipping Company was slashing its workers' pay and possibly even freight agreement prices. A written threat to a shop steward by a representative of a shipping company in response to the refusal of stevedores to unload a Russian vessel has been cited as the reason for the strike.
English: http://yle.fi/uutiset/shipyard_strike_ends__stevedores_play_catch-up ...
http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/10867-stevedores-stage-strike ...
Management and the cabin crew trade union IMPACT have accepted a Labour Court recommendation on the dispute over rosters. The recommendation provides for a further talks process overseen by the Labour Court, the recruitment of 20 additional cabin crew and restoration to cabin crew of staff travel privileges, which were withdrawn after a strike in May 2014.
English: http://www.rte.ie/news ...
The Food and Allied Workers' Trade Union NNF and the Confederation of Danish Industry developed a joint rescue plan for the facility in Ronne on the Danish island of Bornholm. The groups reached a five-year agreement that will keep the slaughterhouse open and save 190 jobs. The agreement calls for an employee investment company to contribute to financing investments in the slaughterhouse.
English: http://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/news_home/Global/2014/06/Employees ...