G4S private security guards are taking strike action in detention centres at Schiphol airport, Rotterdam and Alphen. They are protesting over the failure of G4S to make efforts to redeploy guards or offer arrangements to assist in finding alternative posts in the company. 400 Workers are to lose jobs due to government cuts. Some prisons are closing and private security companies are losing the contracts. Workers are demanding a social plan with a good outplacement to help them find new jobs, and financial compensation to offset the job losses. Despite consultation with the trade unions, there has been no agreement on a social plan.
English: http://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/g4s-workers-strike-holland
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The trade unions representing workers in Aer Lingus and Dublin and Shannon Airports agreed to engage in a process of consultation with members with a view to coordinating a campaign of industrial action, in pursuit of a just settlement to the long-running pension dispute. SIPTU members already voted in favour of all-out strike in the pension row over the Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (IASS) that has been dragging on for years. The pension scheme has a substantial deficit and years of negotiations have failed to deal with the insufficient funds, as reported previously in this newsletter. SIPTU reports the 98% and 96% of their members have now voted in favour of industrial and strike action. Spokespersons reiterated that the trade unions remain open to discussions with management on a possible resolution to the dispute. The management proposals include the use of new legislation which allows cuts in payments to current pensioners for the first time. They also mean current workers - as well as former workers who have not yet retired - would see a 20% cut in pensions benefit.
English: http://www.siptu.ie/media/pressreleases2014/mainnews ...
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/aer-lingus-workers-vote-for-all-out-strike ...
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/airport-unions-warn-of-action ...
The European Commission has argued in its report on the 10th regular review of Portugal's economic and financial assistance programme that the country needs a further 5% average reduction in wages to ensure a balance between the unemployment rate and wage rates. According to the EC's calculations, `a reduction of one percentage point in the unemployment rate demands a reduction in real wages of about 2.4%' - which means a 5% decrease of real wages.
English: http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/eu-calls-for-portugal-wages-to-fall-by ...
Coca-Cola workers have been on strike all month over plans to close four bottling factories, They rejected a proposed layoffs deal by the US drinks giant, demanding it halt factory closures which they say threaten nearly 1,200 jobs. Talks between the trade unions and the management are difficult and the trade unions are sceptical to come to any agreement while the management is still planning closures and layoffs. The strike won plenty of popular support with some consumers banning the popular beverage.
English: http://www.thelocal.es/20140220/coca-cola-worker-slam-lay-off-deal
Aarhus University announced a plan to save 225 million kroner by 2016. The plan will make about 190 employees redundant, while an additional 162 will be offered a voluntary redundancy scheme. A further 42 will be offered a voluntary retirement scheme, known as a seniorordning. The trade unions are shocked by the size of the measures and blame the university leadership for not acting in time.
English: http://cphpost.dk/news/aarhus-university-to-lay-off-hundreds-of-employees ...
Security workers at Frankfurt airport went on strike, prompting dozens of flight cancellations and causing delays to travellers. The trade union ver.di that initiated the strike is calling for an hourly pay rate of 16 euro for security employees in the state of Hessen and said employers had offered between 10 euro and 13 euro an hour. Workers in other states get up to around 15 euros an hour. The strike came after four rounds of talks between ver.di and employers' association BDSW ended without an agreement.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/21/us-germany-airport-strike ...
Wages fell by an average of 0.2% in 2013, the first decrease since the 2009 economic crisis, according to the federal statistics office. The calculation was made in terms of the real purchasing power of wages, taking into account inflation. Nominal wages in 2013 were up 1.3% from 2012, but consumer prices rose faster, at 1.5%.
English: https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press ...
German: https://www.destatis.de/DE/PresseService/Presse ...
Data published by the Central Statistics Office (KSH) revealed that the average gross wages fell 1.1% year-on-year in December 2013. The number of benefit supported workers, who earn less than the minimum wage, more than doubled from 203,000 in December 2013 from 87,300 in the same month a year earlier. Excluding these workers, the average gross wage rose 1.6% in December.
English: http://www.bbj.hu/economy/gross-wages-down-in-december-up-for-2013 ...
The wage index in January 2014 is 468.5 points, 1.0% higher than in the previous month. In the last twelve months the monthly wage index has risen by 6.7%. Real wages were 1.7% higher than in the previous month. In the last twelve months the real wage index has increased by 3.4%. An agreement between the Confederation of Icelandic Employers and some member unions of the Icelandic Confederation of Labour, signed 21 December 2013, stipulates a general wage raise of 2.8% in January 2014.
English: http://www.statice.is/Pages/444 ...
The union of Cyprus Airways pilots PASYPI decided to take legal action against the airline's decision to reduce its contribution to the workers' provident fund, an agreement made with other unions but not with them. They condemned the `unilateral and illegal' decision, which they said served to cover the losses to the provident fund of the rest of the staff, which collapsed due to mismanagement. The pilots demand full implementation of a restructuring plan, accusing the company of keeping excess staff on the payroll despite a reduction in the fleet and number of flights. The pilots have a separate provident fund.
English: http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/02/20/cy-pilots-to-sue-airline-over-provident-fund/