Workers of the Yumco textile factory in Vranje have lifted their roadblocks in Southern Serbia after concessions regarding health insurance and delayed pay by the government. The workers have been on an all-out strike for a month and threw up roadblocks on 12 February. Due to operational problems the Yumco factory is facing restructuring and employees have not been paid for eight months. The workers have agreed to drop the blockades but are yet to decide on ending the strike after receiving proposals from the government.
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http://inserbia.info/news/2014/02/traffic-from-belgrade-on-corridor-10-blocked-at-vranje/
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Statistics Austria published a brochure (in German) that gives an insight into the population's living conditions. Findings and statistics from economy and society are presented in text, table, and chart form. The data provide information on a wide variety of subjects: population, education, employment and the job market, the economy, science and technology, tourism, environment, and other topics. According to the country's Job Vacancy Survey, enterprises reported an annual average of 65,000 job vacancies in 2013, by 6.5% less than in the previous year (2012: 69 500). 40% of these vacancies were in unskilled jobs, mainly in the retail and services sectors. The presumed monthly pay was in 55% of all vacancies less than 1.700 euro and in 28% of the vacancies between 1.700 and 2.400 euro.
English: http://www.statistik.at/web_en/publications_services ...
German: http://www.statistik.at/web_de/presse/075243
Talks between employers and trade unions in the labour relations commission have led to proposals that might avert a national electricity strike. The Technical, Electrical and Engineering Union (TEEU) and employer organisations have been in conflict over wage developments in the electricity sector, with a threat of a national strike looming since weeks. The two parties have met under the mediation of the Labour Relations Commission and representatives have agreed to proposals that would lead to the withdrawal of both the employer demand for a 10% pay cut and the union demand for a 4.9% pay claim, pending new legislation on the matter. The TEEU has said that if members of the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) and the Association of Electrical Contractors Ireland, (AECI) agree to the proposals, the strike notice will be withdrawn. However, TEEU also said strikes will still be held in the workplaces of non-compliant employers.
English: http://www.teeu.ie/news/showtest ...
Airline Iberia and pilots' union Sepla have reached an agreement on productivity and wages, which ends a conflict that has troubled the relationship since 2012. Under the agreement, the fleet of the low cost carrier Iberia Express is limited to 14 planes, Iberia pilots will fly the maximum allowed 900 hours per year and wages will be frozen through to 2015. From 2015, wage increases will be linked to the company's profitability.
English: http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/02/13/inenglish ...
Workers at HSBC massively answered to a call made by trade union MUBE to go on strike between 8:30 and 10:30 on 12 February. The strike is a reaction to a lack of progress in the negotiations on a new collective agreement, which have been ongoing since October 2013.While HSBC has refused virtually all MUBE proposals, it has not tabled any counter offers.
English: http://www.di-ve.com/news/hsbc-employees-follow-mube-directive
A draft policy statement based on the coalition agreement will be discussed with the trade unions and employers' representatives, for the first time in history. The trade union confederation CMKOS stated that the government priorities corresponded to those of the trade unions that demanded measures in support of the economic growth, the creation of new jobs, development of school and health care sectors and the fight against poverty, usury and corruption. CMKOS is asking for a precise `action plan' from the government. The Association of Independent Trade Unions (ASO) wants the government to solve the record high unemployment very quickly and to guarantee stable taxes for the following years.
English: http://praguemonitor.com/2014/02/11/pm-hands-draft-policy-statement-govt ...
There has been an increase in fatal accidents, a trend which has repeated itself for the past three years. According to the Labour Inspection Authority statistics 48 people died performing paid work in 2013 compared to 37 the year before. According to the director of the Inspection Authority it is no longer possible to talk about a fall or stabilisation of the number of workplace related accidents in working life. The presented preliminary data remain to be controlled, but they indicate a trend.
English: http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/nyheter/news-2014/article ...
The trade union Service Union United has announced that workers from SOK, Tuko Logistics and Kesko will not move juices to supermarkets following a report from NGO Finnwatch that alleges suspicions of forced labour and human trafficking in certain factories in the country of origin. The campaign envisages enhanced social responsibility throughout the delivery chain. The aim of the three-day handling boycott is to make the supplier VIP-Juicemaker and its Dutch parent company understand that responsible operations are, in the end, also in their best interest.
English: http://www.freshfruitportal.com/2014/02/11/finnish-retail-worker-union-to-boycott ...
http://www.pam.fi/en/news/Pages/Finnishretailwarehouseworkers ...
The Forestry Trade Union and Hrvatske sume d.o.o. signed a collective agreement containing on 4 February. Despite dire conditions in the sector, the agreement includes higher wage increases for each of tenure and higher severance pay and better redundancy programme guidelines. The deal includes clauses on holiday bonuses, per diems, bonus for field work, transport and financial participation of the union in sports games.
English: http://www.bwint.org/default.asp ...
A committee of trade union and employer representatives together with a few academics has elaborated a new calculation for the annual wage indexation. The updated calculation, based on the price development of a series of services and goods (called the `index-basket'), includes a modernised mixture of goods. After some fine-tuning that led to a short postponement the indexation will be applied retroactive from 1 January 2014. The next annual revision is planned for December 2014.
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