Hundreds of riot police forces, along with a public prosecutor, raided the headquarters of ERT, the national television and radio broadcast station, demanding that employees immediately vacate the premises. Four workers were briefly detained, including the head of ERT staff trade union. Refusing to accept their dismissal, former employees have been maintaining rogue broadcasts from the occupied headquarters, while an interim TV station, DT (Public Television), has been airing from a nearby studio since mid-July 2013.
English: http://www.psi-can-greece.org/news/riot-police-raid-ert-headquarters
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/19730555/greek-riot-police-evict-protesters ...
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The Nordic Labour Journal has published an article putting into question the effects of part-time work. While reduced hours make it easier for parents to combine family and professional life, couples working part-time appear to have more difficulties making ends meet, especially if they work in lower paid sectors or occupations. Increasingly, jobs are also advertised as part-time and the choice to work full time is no longer available.
English: http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/i-fokus/november ...
Using data from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), a report published by Eurofound builds up an evidence base on social inequalities in four critical areas of life: health, standard of living, productive and valued activities, and individual, family and social life. It examines the role of important determinants of social inequalities including gender, age, disability status, employment status and citizenship status, as well as other drivers. According to the authors there is enough evidence to determine clear benefits from reducing income inequalities within a country.
English: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications ...
Focus on the European Quality of Life Survey: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/surveys ...
Another general strike against austerity policies is organised on 8 November. Public sector employees are protesting against the impeding loss of 2.5% of all salaries from €600 per month and 12% of salaries above €2000 per month. The 2014 budget furthermore includes higher taxes, higher contributions and lower pension payments. Unions are protesting against policies they say `rob workers and ruin the country'. The unions demand the resignation of the government and call for decent work policies.
English: http://www.world-psi.org/en/8-november-general-strike-portugal
A study of five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) has found that parents, who work part-time for less than ten years, will still receive 98 to 99 per cent of the maximum pension. The report, presented at the NIKK conference Part Time in the Nordic Region, explains that in the pension systems in all Nordic countries parents are compensated for their temporarily lower hours. The researchers also note that this is not the case for part-time workers who are not parents, people who work part-time for more than ten years and people who work very few hours. Almost in parallel with this study the World Economic Forum published a Global Gender Gap Report in which is described that, with strong trade unions present that tended to promote gender equality, the Nordic countries became modern social democratic states where wealth is more evenly distributed, education is typically free up through university, and the social safety net allows women to comfortably work and raise a family.
English: http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/i-fokus/november-2012 ...
Focus on the Global Gender Gap Report: http://www.weforum.org/news/increased-political ...
http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2013/
Around 2,000 teachers and scientists from all over the country participated in a rally at the Saeima building on 24 October to protest the 2014 budget bill and demand respectable salaries. The teachers have now announced plans for a strike over their low salaries. A trade union spokesperson said teachers are ready for reforms and changes, but their salaries remain the lowest in Europe. Due to low salaries and teacher overwork, the country is close to losing education quality.
English: http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles ...
Disagreements over pay scales have led to a complete breakdown in communication between the trade union Seko and the employers' organization Almega. 1,500 commuters have been left stranded in the wake of the public transport strike that started in the Stockholm archipelago.
English: http://www.thelocal.se/20131106/archipelago-strike-moors-swedens-island ...
Over 10,000 teachers joined a protest march against the underfunded educational system on 6 November. The teachers demand higher wages, fair employment policies and more investment in education. In front of the Parliament, the teachers presented a petition calling on the government to allocate at least 6% of GDP for education. Teachers unions also announced that if the government fails to react to the petition, a general strike will be the likely result.
English: http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/2758
The newspaper Rheinische Post reported that the country's second-largest electricity and gas company was about to lay off 2,500 people employed in its power plant division in the country. The management so far only said it would provide details about possible job cuts on November 14 when the company was due to present third-quarter and nine-month results.
English: http://www.dw.de/german-utility-company-rwe-to-cut-thousands-of-more-jobs ...
Commuters were anxiously awaiting the result of the bus workers' vote on whether the membership supports strike action should Dublin Bus attempt to implement its cost-cutting proposals. Drivers at Dublin Bus belonging to SIPTU finally voted not to take industrial action. A week earlier, the drivers narrowly rejected the cost-reduction measures. The measures had been accepted by all other grades, including the half of the drivers represented by the National Bus and Rail Union. SIPTU held another ballot to see if members were prepared to take industrial action. It said 72% of those who voted said they were not prepared to do so.
English: http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1106/485059-dublin-bus/
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/siptu-bus-workers-vote ...