After a turbulent first week in April with a three-day strike Lufthansa has stated that it will meet with its pilots' union to discuss union demands for an early retirement scheme and higher pay. The management declared it was not planning another offer to its staff, saying the company's previous offers had provided enough material to warrant fresh negotiations. The aim of the meeting is to lay the groundwork for the negotiations.
English: http://www.dw.de/lufthansa-strike-ends-pilots-pay-dispute-stays-open ...
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Three out of four of 2,000 respondents in a poll reported that they personally experienced discrimination at work and another 8% know someone who has experience with discrimination at work or when looking for a job. Most often reported was discrimination due to age (49%), which is alarming. Respondents also reported discrimination due to children (10%), health condition (7%), ethnicity (6%) and gender (5%).
English: http://praguemonitor.com/2014/04/07/poll-three-four-people-experienced ...
The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (CITUB) has claimed that a substantial pay increase is possible without resulting in bankrupting businesses and increasing unemployment. CITUB signals that at least 7-8 branches in the heavy industry sector report productivity rates growth of 17% to 30 %, which means that wages can be increased by 10% to 20%. However, though the productivity in certain sectors increases, at the moment this does not affect wages.
English: http://www.novinite.com/articles/159598/
Trade unions Fp-Cgil, Cisl-Fp, Uil-Pa and Fialp-Cisal requested an urgent clarification on the employment status of 4000 Red Cross employees. In October 2013, the government changed the organisation's status from a public entity to one covered by private law. The change of legal status put into question the employment status of the employees, as well as going accompanied by rumours of an upcoming restructuring. Communications about the faith of the 4000 workers, including 1500 on temporary contracts, have been contradictory. As bilateral talks and two days of mobilisation on 31 March and 4 April have failed to clarify the matter, the unions have threated further strike action if no comprehensive response from the ministry if forthcoming.
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Italian: http://www.fpcgil.it/flex ...
Workers of the chemical industry company Kemoplast from the village of Policnik in the southern part of the country decided to go for a strike to protest after not receiving 17 consecutive wage packets. The workers are additionally worried as the future of the company is not certain and as there is a risk of bankruptcy.
English: http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/Business/2014-04-04/35283/Kemoplast ...
Tobacco firm Philip Morris is closing its factory in Bergen op Zoom, the largest production facility world-wide, on 1 October 2014. The workers at the cigarette factory were summoned to hear a 'business update' that announced the loss of 1,230 jobs, about 90% of the total workforce there. Some 130 jobs will remain in marketing and sales. Production is being transferred to Greece and Portugal, among other locations. The company has been a major employer in the southern town since 1980. The authorities expect a total loss of some 3000 jobs, including supplying services.
English: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/04/philip_morris_closure ...
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A Madrid magistrate has ruled that the wildcat strike by air traffic controllers that caused chaos at the country's airports over a holiday weekend in December 2010 after the closure of national airspace was neither `legitimate' nor a protected right. The ruling, which represents the prior step before a trial, goes against those made by 21 other courts on similar cases and is based on the fact that the decision to close down national airspace on December 3 and 4, 2010 `was not what caused the inaction of the controllers, as they insist on saying [.] but rather the contrary: the abandonment of posts of work, carried out in a concerted, conscious and deliberate manner, was what triggered the adoption of the said measure.'
English: http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/04/04/inenglish ...
Trade union Byggnads and the Swedish Construction Federation (BI) have reached an agreement on main contractor liability in the construction sector. Abuses of labour rights by subcontractors have long been on the agenda in construction. In the 2013 round of collective negotiations, trade unions and employers agreed to set up a committee that would have to come up with solutions within one year. As the committee failed to do so, Byggnads terminated the three-year collective agreement and announced that the construction workers would go on strike. On the eve of the strike actions mediated negotiations led to a deal on a sector wide mechanism for main contractor liability. According to the agreement, employers will set up a fund from which unpaid or underpaid construction workers can receive compensation for work carried out when all other possibilities have been exhausted. In first instance, however, unions and main contractors will work together to ensure that sub-contractors will pay the proper wages and take common action when this is not the case. Main contractors will also provide trade unions with up to date lists of all subcontractors in the chain, in order to facilitate workers' representation and compliance checks. The mechanism on main contractor liability has been included in a collective agreement, which remains otherwise unchanged from the one that was repudiated by Byggnads earlier.
English: http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/nyheter/news-2014/article.2014-04-03 ...
Private care company Kre Pleje, employing around 100 employees and servicing over 500 elderly in Kolding has gone bankrupt. The company has already found itself in conflict with trade union FOA in 2013, when it unilaterally cancelled the collective agreement in order to win the public procurement procedure set out by the municipality. FOA reports situations such as the bankruptcy of Kre Pleje are starting to become common place as more and more services are delivered by private companies and the competition in the sector is increased.
English: http://www.epsu.org/a/10365
Danish: http://www.foa.dk/Forbund/Presse ...
GMB called off a strike action at Ealing Hospital after members accepted an offer following talks. The offer accepted by the members includes an increase in the hourly rate from 6.31 to 7.31 per hour, effective 1/4/2014. This equates to a 16% increase. Two additional days leave effective from 1/4/2014 and the harmonisation of pay rates across the Trust from April 2015. This should deliver an hourly rate between 9.10 and 9.30 per hour. The members are employed as domestic, catering, porters and help desk workers.
English: http://union-news.co.uk/2014/04/breaking-gmb-calls-ealing-strike ...