Over half of European workers perceive working conditions in their country to be good (53%),a majority (57%) nevertheless thinks that their working conditions have deteriorated in the last 5 years, according to a Eurobarometer survey, which looks at how the quality of work has been affected by the crisis. In addition, dissatisfaction regarding workload, pace of work and long working days (more than 13 hours) is widespread.
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The teachers' trade unions have reminded the newly appointed government of the urgent need for quality education and training as well as good working and living conditions for teachers. According to a spokesperson second stage education and orientation teachers have seen over the past few years a continuous deterioration of their working and employment conditions, a significant devaluation of their salaries, a loss of purchasing power leading to a downgrading of their occupations, and the inability to peacefully carry out their profession working towards the success of all students.
English: http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news ...
The trade union SAFE and Industri Energi lost a case in the Stavanger District Court but choose to continue their pension battle on behalf of 7,500 current and past rig workers at 18 companies. The workers think the differential they receive for working at night should be counted in pensions calculations. According to trade unions the ruling contains weaknesses, amongst others how the night shift differential is to be interpreted. They have now chosen to take their case to the Court of Appeal.
English: http://www.aftenbladet.no/energi/aenergy/article ...
After 2.5 years of negotiations, trade union TUMTIS and DHL management have concluded a collective agreement. The long struggle, which was backed by a number of international unions, started picking up speed at TUMTIS was recognised as the lawful union of choice for DHL Turkey Supply Chain staff in November 2013. In April 2014, a nationwide collective agreement was reached that secures pay rises between 32 and 46 percent. The agreement provides DHL worker with social security and assistance with family education and at times of marriage, maternity and death in the family. The collective agreement regulates the use of subcontracting and 750 subcontracted employees will become permanent employees.
English: http://www.itfglobal.org/press-area/index.cfm/pressdetail/10388
Authors have supported a 24 hours strike by FNAC staff in Barcelona on St. George's Day. Trade unions have been reporting that book retailer FNAC has put the majority of its staff on part-time contracts and meagre wages as well as the company's policy to continuously pressure its staff into reaching unattainable sales targets. When the staff announced a 24 hour strike on St. George's Day, the city's annual book festival day, FNAC reacted by hiring temp agency staff to replace them. In response, celebrity authors who were scheduled to do book signings joined the strike and cancelled their participation.
English: http://www.thelocal.es/20140423/barcelona-book-day-hit-by-shop-staff-strike
The annual Loonwijzer/Monsterboard Wage Index report, based on a survey among 185.000 respondents, describes that wages have decreased in 2013 by 6% compared to 2012. The average hourly wage went down from €15.50 to €14.60. The wage decrease was the highest in IT (-8.5%) and banking (-7.9%), the lowest in tourism and gastronomy (-1%). The financial sector still has the highest proportion of high income earners, whilst workers in the tourism and gastronomy earn the lowest hourly wages (?10.40), with 22% of the workforce in tourism and gastronomy being paid at the level of the national minimum wage. In a reaction the trade union confederation FNV said that the report confirms that the crisis and the intensification of flex work have created hard times for workers. Workers are forced to accept low paid jobs with less job security and an uncertain future.
English: http://www.iamexpat.nl/read-and-discuss/career/news/average-wages ...
Railway workers went on a two-hour strike when collective agreement negotiations with the transportation ministry broke down. The workers lament not having received any wage increases in the last six years, bad working conditions and a looming mass layoff for 2,500 employees. The strike, which was organised during the morning rush hour, halted over 900 passenger and goods trains.
English: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news ...
The postal trade union is warning that mail workers that have to begin with new daytime delivery routes, to accommodate some of the 500 job cuts that postal services company Itella is making, will be confronted with longer distribution rounds. For the remaining staff this will result in slower delivery times. The union warns that the full effects of the cuts will become visible in the autumn.
English: http://yle.fi/uutiset/postal_union_warns_of_delivery_delays ...
The Office of Statistics published the statistics for the year 2013. Chapter 3 provides detailed figures on wages, according to sectors. Agriculture is the sector with the lowest monthly pay, followed by hospitality and gastronomy. Average wages are highest in education. The gender gap in monthly wages is substantial. Unemployment figures stabilised at the low level of 1.6% of the workforce. Migrant labour (in total 18,740 workers) represents a majority of the workforce and is mainly coming from Austria and Switzerland.
German: http://www.llv.li/files/as/Jahrbuch ...
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Vienna's public transport stood still as the trade unions held emergency meetings to discuss the safety of Wiener Linien staff. The services were reduce from the normal 900 buses, subways and trams to just 167 buses being run by private companies. The meetings were initiated by the company's works council. The workforce demanded that working conditions for transport staff, particularly for tram and bus drivers, were made safer.
English: http://austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2014-04-22/50762/Wiener_Linien ...