The minister of finance announced strict measures against the grey market, adding that in the way the budget revenues could increase by 500-700 million euros annually. The fight against the grey economy requires strengthening of the Tax Administration institutions in the first line, and data analysis has already identified the ones that pay and the ones that evade taxes.
English: http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=193139
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Hundreds of coal miners were trapped underground after an explosion and fire in Soma (western Turkey) that left almost 300 of their colleagues dead. A blast in the power unit of the mine triggered an electricity cut, making the lifts unusable and leaving hundreds of miners stranded underground. Miners' representatives said that accidents such as the latest one would increase due to privatisations, the increasing employment of subcontractors and a lack of strong unions, all of which they said had led to massive pressure on workers to produce as much as possible for as little cost as possible. Trade unions all over the country organised protest actions against the Soma tragedy. Protestors were brutally attacked by riot police.
English: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/13/turkey-mine-blast-people-killed ...
http://www.equaltimes.org/profits-over-people-murder-in-the ...
http://www.industriall-union.org/rising-death-toll-turns-mine-accident-in-turkey ...
Danish and Norwegian workers of low-cost air carrier have been in conflict with management since the company announced it intends to transfer its cabin crew to new holding company subsidiaries in a move that workers fear will affect their wages, working conditions and pensions. Norwegian workers called a strike after the mandatory arbitration failed, but only pulled one flight attendant off the job while they waited for their Danish colleagues to call for strike too. In the strike, almost all Norwegian Air flights departing from Norway and Denmark were expected to be grounded and 1,300 Norwegian flight attendants to walk off the job; only flights to Bangkok and the US would run as scheduled, since these are already staffed by non-unionised Asian crews. On the eve of the strike, however, management and unions reached an agreement in which rights and contracts of the crew remain the same as the past four years.
English: http://www.newsinenglish.no/2014/05/19/norwegian-air-strike-called-off/
http://cphpost.dk/news/norwegian-strike-would-paralyse-airline.9556.html
http://www.newsinenglish.no/2014/05/07/strike-settles-over-norwegian-air/
Randstad commissioned a study into the undeclared economy to the University of Sheffield and Regioplan Policy Research. The report reveals the important role that well-regulated employment can play in tackling the undeclared economy. In advanced economies the size of the undeclared economy varies widely - from less than 10% in countries such as the US, the UK, Japan and the Netherlands, to more than 25% in parts of Southern and Eastern Europe. It is generally acknowledged that the undeclared economy lowers the quality of work and working conditions, undermines the business environment through unfair competition, and puts the financial sustainability of social protection systems at risk.
English: http://www.ir.randstad.com/releasedetail ...
http://www.randstad.com/press-room/research-reports
According to figures published by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) the number of employees under labour contract has increased at the end of March 2014 by 2.5% as compared to the end of December 2013 and reached 2.22 million. In comparison with the fourth quarter of 2013 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased in the first quarter of 2014 by 3.9% to 407 euro.
English: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/pressreleases/EmplsSalary ...
In the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) congress papers a critical assessment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) policy is made. The papers state that the IMF has received attention for its research documents which show that income inequality harms economic growth and stability. However, the contributions of IMF researchers to the growing body of economic literature on the deleterious effects of inequality are undercut by the same institution's actions in a number of countries to deregulate labour markets. The impacts have been dramatic, with collective bargaining coverage falling by as much 85% over a few years. According to the ITUC the IMF should support a restoration of collective bargaining rights that respect international principles and that encourage the use of sector or regional bargaining with the objective of achieving working-time reduction and new hiring agreements between unions and employers.
English: http://www.equaltimes.org/imf-and-inequality ...
http://congress2014.ituc-csi.org/labour-market-deregulation?lang=en
http://www.imf.org/external/np/fad/inequality/
Teachers' unions have criticised a government plan to freeze their salaries in 2015 while increasing the pay of other public sector workers. Union representatives called for an increase in the overall amount allocated for teachers' wages and said they wished to discuss the demands with the minister of finance and the prime minister.
English: http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/teachers-unions-criticise-government-plans ...
Ryanair is called before the Commercial Court of Brussels by BATA (Belgian Air Transport Association) which includes major companies in Belgium (Brussels Airlines, Jetairfly, Thomas Cook Belgium). BATA accuses the low cost airline of unfair competition. It all started with the arrival of the low cost airline at the airport of Brussels -National in February 2014. BATA's position is that the cheap carrier, while working in Belgium and engaging people there, has to respect the applicable labour and working conditions. This includes the indexation of wages that keeps salary increases in line with price rises.
English: http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/News/140513_Ryanair
French: http://www.lalibre.be/economie/actualite/la-compagnie-ryanair-bientot-interdite ...
David Cameron's statement that next year's Tory election manifesto would impose a threshold in the number of union members who have to vote in favour of industrial action for it to be legal has led to angry reactions. The TUC stated that workers in Britain already face the toughest barriers to taking action to defend their living standards of almost any advanced democracy. This has helped to turn the country into one of the most unequal where billionaires co-exist with food banks.
English: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-promises-curbs ...
http://www.tuc.org.uk/industrial-issues/tuc-strike-ballots
Some 700 employees of the State Railways (BDZ) will be laid off in order to cut the costs of the financially troubled enterprise. Currently, there are over 1,200 people working for BDZ. According to the transport ministry the number should not be more than 400-500.
English: http://www.novinite.com/articles/160461/Bulgarian+Railways+to+Lay+Off ...